What is Web Application Penetration Testing?

Web Application Penetration Testing

What is Web Application Penetration Testing?

Web application penetration testing, or web app pen testing, is an essential cyber security practice where we simulate attacks on web applications, and web APIs (web services) to identify vulnerabilities and security flaws.

This thorough assessment uncovers weaknesses like SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and broken authentication. Companies should perform web application penetration testing to protect sensitive data, prevent costly breaches, and maintain customer trust.

Regular pen tests help ensure that web applications are secure, comply with industry standards, and are resilient against evolving cyber threats, ultimately strengthening the overall cyber security posture of the business.

Benefits of a Web Application Penetration Test

Your company can benefit significantly from web application penetration testing as it helps identify and remediate security vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can exploit them.

By conducting these tests, companies can protect sensitive data, avoid costly data breaches, and ensure regulatory compliance. Web applications and APIs, being the most common pieces of software used in modern businesses, are frequent targets for cyber attacks due to their widespread use and often critical functionality. Therefore, it’s crucial to test these components for security flaws to maintain robust cyber security defences.

Regular web app pen tests enhance the security of web applications and APIs, making them resilient against evolving threats and safeguarding the company’s reputation and customer trust.

Common Web Application Security Vulnerabilities

As described in the OWASP Top 10, the most common vulnerabilities currently seen in modern web applications are:

  1. Broken Access Control: Flaws that allow unauthorized users to access restricted data or functions.
  2. Cryptographic Failures: Weak or misused encryption leading to data exposure.
  3. Injection: Flaws like SQL, NoSQL, or LDAP injection that allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  4. Insecure Design: Poor application design that lacks secure patterns and practices.
  5. Security Misconfiguration: Incorrect or incomplete configuration settings that expose vulnerabilities.
  6. Vulnerable and Outdated Components: Use of components with known vulnerabilities that can be exploited.
  7. Identification and Authentication Failures: Issues in authentication mechanisms allowing attackers to assume other users’ identities.
  8. Software and Data Integrity Failures: Insecure software updates and critical data integrity failures.
  9. Security Logging and Monitoring Failures: Inadequate logging and monitoring, hindering incident detection and response.
  10. Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF): Flaws allowing attackers to make requests from the server to unauthorized locations.

Are your websites secure from these attacks?

Why HubbleSec?

Our Web Application Penetration Testing experts are CyberScheme SST certified to provide the best service to your company. We strive to work with you to deliver the best quality work in the industry at competitive prices.

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