OWASP Testing Guide
  • Foreword by Eoin Keary
  • Frontispiece
  • Introduction
  • The OWASP Testing Framework
    • The Web Security Testing Framework
    • Penetration Testing Methodologies
  • Web Application Security Testing
    • Introduction and Objectives
    • Information Gathering
      • Conduct Search Engine Discovery Reconnaissance for Information Leakage (WSTG-INFO-01)
      • Fingerprint Web Server (WSTG-INFO-02)
      • Review Webserver Metafiles for Information Leakage (WSTG-INFO-03)
      • Enumerate Applications on Webserver (WSTG-INFO-04)
      • Review Webpage Content for Information Leakage (WSTG-INFO-05)
      • Identify Application Entry Points (WSTG-INFO-06)
      • Map Execution Paths Through Application (WSTG-INFO-07)
      • Fingerprint Web Application Framework (WSTG-INFO-08)
      • Fingerprint Web Application (WSTG-INFO-09)
      • Map Application Architecture (WSTG-INFO-10)
    • Configuration and Deployment Management Testing
      • Test Network Infrastructure Configuration (WSTG-CONF-01)
      • Test Application Platform Configuration (WSTG-CONF-02)
      • Test File Extensions Handling for Sensitive Information (WSTG-CONF-03)
      • Review Old Backup and Unreferenced Files for Sensitive Information (WSTG-CONF-04)
      • Enumerate Infrastructure and Application Admin Interfaces (WSTG-CONF-05)
      • Test HTTP Methods (WSTG-CONF-06)
      • Test HTTP Strict Transport Security (WSTG-CONF-07)
      • Test RIA Cross Domain Policy (WSTG-CONF-08)
      • Test File Permission (WSTG-CONF-09)
      • Test for Subdomain Takeover (WSTG-CONF-10)
      • Test Cloud Storage (WSTG-CONF-11)
      • Testing for Content Security Policy (WSTG-CONF-12)
    • Identity Management Testing
      • Test Role Definitions (WSTG-IDNT-01)
      • Test User Registration Process (WSTG-IDNT-02)
      • Test Account Provisioning Process (WSTG-IDNT-03)
      • Testing for Account Enumeration and Guessable User Account (WSTG-IDNT-04)
      • Testing for Weak or Unenforced Username Policy (WSTG-IDNT-05)
    • Authentication Testing
      • Testing for Credentials Transported over an Encrypted Channel (WSTG-ATHN-01)
      • Testing for Default Credentials (WSTG-ATHN-02)
      • Testing for Weak Lock Out Mechanism (WSTG-ATHN-03)
      • Testing for Bypassing Authentication Schema (WSTG-ATHN-04)
      • Testing for Vulnerable Remember Password (WSTG-ATHN-05)
      • Testing for Browser Cache Weaknesses (WSTG-ATHN-06)
      • Testing for Weak Password Policy (WSTG-ATHN-07)
      • Testing for Weak Security Question Answer (WSTG-ATHN-08)
      • Testing for Weak Password Change or Reset Functionalities (WSTG-ATHN-09)
      • Testing for Weaker Authentication in Alternative Channel (WSTG-ATHN-10)
      • Testing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (WSTG-AUTH-11)
    • Authorization Testing
      • Testing Directory Traversal File Include (WSTG-ATHZ-01)
      • Testing for Bypassing Authorization Schema (WSTG-ATHZ-02)
      • Testing for Privilege Escalation (WSTG-ATHZ-03)
      • Testing for Insecure Direct Object References (WSTG-ATHZ-04)
      • Testing for OAuth Authorization Server Weaknesses
      • Testing for OAuth Client Weaknesses
      • Testing for OAuth Weaknesses (WSTG-ATHZ-05)
    • Session Management Testing
      • Testing for Session Management Schema (WSTG-SESS-01)
      • Testing for Cookies Attributes (WSTG-SESS-02)
      • Testing for Session Fixation (WSTG-SESS-03)
      • Testing for Exposed Session Variables (WSTG-SESS-04)
      • Testing for Cross Site Request Forgery (WSTG-SESS-05)
      • Testing for Logout Functionality (WSTG-SESS-06)
      • Testing Session Timeout (WSTG-SESS-07)
      • Testing for Session Puzzling (WSTG-SESS-08)
      • Testing for Session Hijacking (WSTG-SESS-09)
      • Testing JSON Web Tokens (WSTG-SESS-10)
    • Input Validation Testing
      • Testing for Reflected Cross Site Scripting (WSTG-INPV-01)
      • Testing for Stored Cross Site Scripting (WSTG-INPV-02)
      • Testing for HTTP Verb Tampering (WSTG-INPV-03)
      • Testing for HTTP Parameter Pollution (WSTG-INPV-04)
      • Testing for Oracle
      • Testing for MySQL
      • Testing for SQL Server
      • Testing PostgreSQL
      • Testing for MS Access
      • Testing for NoSQL Injection
      • Testing for ORM Injection
      • Testing for Client-side
      • Testing for SQL Injection (WSTG-INPV-05)
      • Testing for LDAP Injection (WSTG-INPV-06)
      • Testing for XML Injection (WSTG-INPV-07)
      • Testing for SSI Injection (WSTG-INPV-08)
      • Testing for XPath Injection (WSTG-INPV-09)
      • Testing for IMAP SMTP Injection (WSTG-INPV-10)
      • Testing for File Inclusion
      • Testing for Code Injection (WSTG-INPV-11)
      • Testing for Command Injection (WSTG-INPV-12)
      • Testing for Buffer Overflow (WSTG-INPV-13)
      • Testing for Format String Injection (WSTG-INPV-13)
      • Testing for Incubated Vulnerability (WSTG-INPV-14)
      • Testing for HTTP Splitting Smuggling (WSTG-INPV-15)
      • Testing for HTTP Incoming Requests (WSTG-INPV-16)
      • Testing for Host Header Injection (WSTG-INPV-17)
      • Testing for Server-side Template Injection (WSTG-INPV-18)
      • Testing for Server-Side Request Forgery (WSTG-INPV-19)
      • Testing for Mass Assignment (WSTG-INPV-20)
    • Testing for Error Handling
      • Testing for Improper Error Handling (WSTG-ERRH-01)
      • Testing for Stack Traces (WSTG-ERRH-02)
    • Testing for Weak Cryptography
      • Testing for Weak Transport Layer Security (WSTG-CRYP-01)
      • Testing for Padding Oracle (WSTG-CRYP-02)
      • Testing for Sensitive Information Sent via Unencrypted Channels (WSTG-CRYP-03)
      • Testing for Weak Encryption (WSTG-CRYP-04)
    • Business Logic Testing
      • Introduction to Business Logic
      • Test Business Logic Data Validation (WSTG-BUSL-01)
      • Test Ability to Forge Requests (WSTG-BUSL-02)
      • Test Integrity Checks (WSTG-BUSL-03)
      • Test for Process Timing (WSTG-BUSL-04)
      • Test Number of Times a Function Can Be Used Limits (WSTG-BUSL-05)
      • Testing for the Circumvention of Work Flows (WSTG-BUSL-06)
      • Test Defenses Against Application Misuse (WSTG-BUSL-07)
      • Test Upload of Unexpected File Types (WSTG-BUSL-08)
      • Test Upload of Malicious Files (WSTG-BUSL-09)
      • Test Payment Functionality (WSTG-BUSL-10)
    • Client-Side Testing
      • Testing for Self DOM Based Cross-Site Scripting
      • Testing for DOM-Based Cross Site Scripting (WSTG-CLNT-01)
      • Testing for JavaScript Execution (WSTG-CLNT-02)
      • Testing for HTML Injection (WSTG-CLNT-03)
      • Testing for Client-side URL Redirect (WSTG-CLNT-04)
      • Testing for CSS Injection (WSTG-CLNT-05)
      • Testing for Client-side Resource Manipulation (WSTG-CLNT-06)
      • Testing Cross Origin Resource Sharing (WSTG-CLNT-07)
      • Testing for Cross Site Flashing (WSTG-CLNT-08)
      • Testing for Clickjacking (WSTG-CLNT-09)
      • Testing WebSockets (WSTG-CLNT-10)
      • Testing Web Messaging (WSTG-CLNT-11)
      • Testing Browser Storage (WSTG-CLNT-12)
      • Testing for Cross Site Script Inclusion (WSTG-CLNT-13)
      • Testing for Reverse Tabnabbing (WSTG-CLNT-14)
    • API Testing
      • Testing GraphQL (WSTG-APIT-01)
  • Reporting
    • Reporting
    • Vulnerability Naming Schemes
  • Appendix
    • Testing Tools Resource
    • Suggested Reading
    • Fuzz Vectors
    • Encoded Injection
    • History
    • Leveraging Dev Tools
  • Testing Checklist
  • Table of Contents
  • REST Assessment Cheat Sheet
  • API Testing
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Session Management Testing

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Testing for Session Management Schema
Testing for Cookies Attributes
Testing for Session Fixation
Testing for Exposed Session Variables
Testing for Cross Site Request Forgery
Testing for Logout Functionality
Testing Session Timeout
Testing for Session Puzzling
Testing for Session Hijacking
Testing JSON Web Tokens