WEB APPLICATION SECURITY
Table of Contents
Introduction to Web Application………………………………………………………………....04
Web Application Attacks…………………………………………………………………………04
Common Application Attacks……………………………………………………………………05
Injection Vulnerability…………………………………………………………………………...06
Cross-Site Scripting……………………………………………………………………………...07
Broken Authentication and Session Management……………………………………………….07
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….08
List of Tables and Figures
Web Application Exposed Structure.…………………………………………………………....05
Example of SQL injection.………………………………………………………………………06 WEB APPLICATION SECURITY Introduction to Web Application
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Web Application Attacks
Now a day, data sharing over web based application has greatly increased which is technically good. Also application attacks were increased which is very risky as the issue related to confidentiality, integrity, availability which results in data theft.
According to John Desmond, there are many dangerous application attacks which provides the access for end user to view system resources and private information’s by breaking the network firewalls (John Desmond, 2004).
In this paper, I would like discuss the few top vulnerabilities to web application as per the recent survey of Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). Here the goal is to learn and discuss some of the top vulnerabilities effect and how to prevent those attack.
Application development is done more and more on the web. We are using web browser for accessing the application, here it uses Hyper Text Transfer Protocol(HTTP) to communicate with the network. As application layer is the top layer in OSI it is easily accessible from outside world and which may sometimes result in data theft or loss.
Fig.1: Web Application Exposed Structure (Source: Security Intelligence, Paul-2015)
Common Application Attacks
Goal of this research paper is to educate and informing about the common and top vulnerabilities to the web application by referring the latest survey of Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) on
If we turn the clock backwards about 10 or 15 years, we find that people do not care much for the security of the web due to the lack of trying to exploit web applications for personal interests. But more recently, the issues related to the security of the Web began to grow, but unfortunately, there are many Web applications that have been developed, but these applications are started without any design for security.
Harwood, M. (2011). Security strategies in Web applications and social networking. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
The Server-Side Includes attack allows the exploitation of a web application by injecting scripts in HTML pages or executing arbitrary codes remotely. It can be exploited through manipulation of SSI in use in the application or force its use through user input fields. The attacker can access sensitive information, such as password files, and execute shell commands. The SSI directives are injected in input fields and they are sent to the web server. The web server parses and executes the directives before supplying the page. Then, the attack result will be viewable the next time that the page is loaded for the user's browser.
Task 3, (LO.3, M1, M2, M3, D2): Produce a report titled; ‘Web Application Security’ that examines Web Application security concerns. Your report should make recommendations to improve the security of Web Applications.
Abstract – Software Security is the need of the hour today, especially when we have so many of our day to day activities depending upon computers, internet and software’s. These technologies are of utmost importance even for the most basic activities like banking, trading, shopping, social media and communication, which uses different software tools to provide service to users all around the world. Migrating to this tech world has made it a necessity to provide a high quality of software with equally good security. Systems nowadays like a banking system deals with highly sensitive personal information, so providing software security is as much important as the development of the software. The course project required us to develop a secure banking system which helped us to learn about the various software security tools and the get knowledge regarding the current trends in the field, what can be the possible attack vectors , attack patterns and how to mitigate their effects and defend the system against various such factors.
A majority of the software risks are associated with the poor programming practices, such as allowing changed in web page or SQL query structures; unrestricted upload of files; improper handling of operating system commands and log message content; unchecked Uniform Resource Locator (URL) redirection and race condition; inappropriate resource management; and weaker defenses including access control, authentication, encryption, and critical resource allocation porousness (Stallings & Brown, 2012). One of the most popular web application attacks is known as Cross Site Scripting (XSS), where the attacker maligns a vulnerable web page or server. When a user visits the compromised web page, the infected code executes in the browser using the web server privileges. XSS attacks can be of many forms, such as: reflected XSS, where the server directly processes the infected script; persistent XSS, where a stored infected script in the server is passed to the client’s browser and gets stored there; stealing of cookies; defacement of the web pages; phishing; execution of exploits; and violation of privacy (Chugh & Gupta,
With the advent of Internet, web applications have become a day to day feature in our lives. Also with the constant usage of online services increasing every day, there has been an equally growing concern regarding the security threats in web applications. One of the most common attacks exploiting the vulnerabilities of various types of applications along with web applications is through the Structured Query Language Injection Attack also known as SQL Injection Attack. Based on a recent study by OWASP, SQL injection attack has the highest rank in revealing web based vulnerabilities. One of the major motivation for the attacker to perform SQL injection attack is for retrieving all the contents from the database without any authorization or permission. It is a code injection technique where an attacker inserts a malicious query in the original legitimate SQL query. After the execution of the query, the attacker has the access to the database and can obtain, change, and update data for which he/she does not have any permission.
Web application vulnerabilities account for the largest portion of attacks outside of malware. It is crucial that any web application be tested for vulnerabilities and any issues be fixed prior to production deployment.
SQL injections are the serious threat to the web applications; they permit attackers to acquire unlimited access to the databases and sensitive data these databases contain. Despite the fact that analysts and experts have proposed different strategies to address the SQL injection attacks. Many solutions are able to solve only some of the issues related to it. This document provides the types
With the quick advancement of Internet, system database security has turned into the center of system security. The exploration of database security innovation against SQL assaults has turned out to be exceptionally earnest. In this paper, we investigate standards of SQL assaults, contemplate a database insurance framework which is utilized between the Web application and the database. The framework gives distinctive defensive measures to customary clients and directors to adequately ensure the security of the database. the part of a Web application and database in the database between the security framework for customary clients and directors
Abstract— SQL injection is a technique where malicious users can inject SQL commands into an SQL statement through user input. SQL Injection is one type of web attack mechanisms used by malicious user to steal data from organizations. It is among one of the most common application layer attack techniques used normally. It is one of the types of attack which takes advantage of improper coding to inject SQL commands into form through user input to allow them to gain access to the data.
Everyday tech users are increasingly engaged with web and mobile applications. These programs have many uses and can be very helpful in progressive usage. However, these applications also serve as the most accessible point of entry for malicious attackers to wreak havoc. The continual growth and usage of web-applications makes the infrastructure one that is susceptible to attack due to lack of thorough security implementation. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a community-based non-profit organization that concentrates on increasing the safety in the realm of web applications. It was started in 2001 and ever since then its primary goal has been to create a high level of transparency in the web applications and software
One click; that is all it takes for hackers to steal the information they desire. As the Internet continues to grow with new web applications, associated security threats also grow. Two of the most common, and dangerous, threats to web applications are Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (CSS); in fact, both threats appear in the 2013 OWASP Top 10 list of critical security risks. Understanding the threat of CSRF and CSS is essential to reducing the risk faced by users and developers of web applications.
In today’s highly connected digital ecosystem, our lives, businesses, communications, and a lot of activities depend on the websites and web applications. All websites contain sensitive data and deliver business-critical information services to the targeted audience. Due to the rapidly increasing use of websites and web applications, vulnerabilities have become quite rampant. Even the smallest security loophole can give cybercriminals a chance to destroy the web-based business, damage customer confidence, and brand reputation in a short time span.
In recent years many types of work is done by web application. Web application plays imperative function in recent years. But now a days hacker can freely ingress web application by using many type of techniques. So it’s mean that web application visualize different kind of security threats. But Sql injection is one of the top most bad attack techniques in the web application. This type of techniques sanction the hacker to gain information to organization database. Attacker dripped the information in online transaction, online banking, paper , mail etc. Data and information is very vital issue in organization, business and industries. Now a days attacker can expose freely of all the sensitive information in database. So