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Web application and WAF vulnerabilities
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Computer Science.
2017 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 180 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

With the growth of the internet, web pages evolved from being simple static information providers to web sites and nowadays to web apps. Symbiotically, flaws in security followed this development which in its turn could cause devastating damages to many areas of our lives. This report researches vulnerabilities that exist in web apps nowadays, in addition to the lack of proper protection that WAFs should offer. Selected web applications and WAFs with default rulesets were put through the tests for SQLi and XSS attacks. The conclusion that was derived was that the WAFs in question were not secure enough and that in fact there are issues with out-of-the-box rules that come with Web Application Firewalls in general.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 21
Keywords [en]
web apps, web application firewall, WAF, XSS, SQLi, internet security
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-67344OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-67344DiVA, id: diva2:1135003
Subject / course
Computer Science
Educational program
Network Security Programme, 180 credits
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Available from: 2017-08-22 Created: 2017-08-22 Last updated: 2018-01-13Bibliographically approved

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