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Application testing: Password change

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Application testing: Password change

- [Instructor] Now that we have successfully attempted a brute force attack on this application, let's see what other tests we can run on this application using Burp Suite. So let us begin by logging into this application first. (typing noises) Before pressing login, let's turn the intercept off, and log in. Now, I can see that we have three options here: make a transfer, view account statement, and change the password. Let's see what we can do with the change password request. Here, it is directly prompting me to enter the new password, which in itself is a vulnerability because if the account is compromised or the device is compromised with an active session, the attacker can directly go ahead and change the password. So let's generate a request. Let me change the password to (typing noises) password at 123. Click on change password. And now I can see that the password is here. Let me just send this to Repeater,…

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