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# Web Application Security Testing Methodology
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## 1. Mapping the Application
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Mapping the application is a critical initial phase in security testing. It involves understanding the visible and underlying structure of the application to effectively tailor the testing strategy.
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### Explore Visible Content
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- **Objective**: Identify all publicly accessible endpoints and files.
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- **Methods**: Use tools like web crawlers and directory brute forcing tools.
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### Consult Public Resources
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- **Objective**: Gather information from publicly available sources.
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- **Methods**: Check documentation, forums, and other related publications.
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### Discover Hidden Content
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- **Objective**: Uncover potentially hidden or non-indexed directories and files.
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- **Methods**: Employ tools that perform forced browsing and directory listing.
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### Discover Default Content
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- **Objective**: Identify common or default files and directories.
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- **Methods**: Use lists of known default installation paths and filenames.
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### Enumerate Identifier-Specified Functions
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- **Objective**: Determine the functionality exposed through URL parameters or function-specific paths.
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- **Methods**: Analyze URL patterns and parameter names for hints of underlying functionality.
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### Test for Debug Parameters
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- **Objective**: Discover any leftover or undocumented debug parameters that could expose sensitive information.
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- **Methods**: Attempt common debug parameter names and observe responses for changes in behavior or information disclosure.
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## 2. Analyze the Application
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This step involves a deeper analysis of the application's build and behavior to identify potential security vulnerabilities.
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### Identify Functionality
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- **Objective**: Catalog all functions the application performs.
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- **Methods**: Systematic usage and testing of all features.
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### Identify Data Entry Points
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- **Objective**: List all points where user input is accepted.
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- **Methods**: Review forms, API endpoints, and any other interfaces.
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### Identify the Technologies Used
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- **Objective**: Determine all underlying technologies (frameworks, libraries, servers).
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- **Methods**: HTTP headers, file extensions, and error messages can reveal software versions and types.
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### Map the Attack Surface
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- **Objective**: Understand all areas of the application that can potentially be attacked.
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- **Methods**: Combine the information from functionality, data entry points, and technology identification to visualize the complete attack surface.
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