How to Find more Vulnerabilities — Source Code Auditing Explained

https://images.pexels.com/photos/374559/pexels-photo-374559.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1260&h=750&dpr=1 Introduction Whitebox penetration testing can be intimidating. Complex web applications may contain hundreds of thousands of lines of code and deciphering the connection between the various web components and their numerous implementations is challenging. A powerful, yet simple technique to approach the code review of such an application is to break it into manageable pieces. In this article, I will be outlining a methodology that can be used to break down large web applications, such as Content Management Systems (CMSs) into manageable components that can be systematically analyzed for vulnerabilities or logic errors....

2024-01-01 · 6 min · Ally Petitt