Web Application Penetration Testing
Manual testing of your web application the way an attacker actually approaches it — authentication, access control, business logic, and every input that touches your data, not just a scan of known signatures.
What We Test
Coverage is mapped to the OWASP Testing Guide and OWASP ASVS, tailored to your application's actual functionality.
Authentication & Session Management
Login flows, password reset, multi-factor bypass, session fixation, token handling, and account lockout logic.
Broken Access Control
Insecure direct object references, horizontal and vertical privilege escalation between user roles and accounts.
Injection Flaws
SQL injection, server-side template injection, command injection, and XSS across every user-controlled input.
Business Logic
Price manipulation, workflow step bypass, coupon and quantity abuse, and race conditions in critical flows.
File Handling
Upload restrictions, path traversal, insecure deserialization, and server-side file processing.
Security Misconfiguration
CSRF protection, security headers, verbose error messages, and exposed admin or debug interfaces.
Sensitive Data Exposure
Data in transit and at rest, API responses that over-share fields, and client-side secret leakage.
Server-Side Request Forgery
Internal network and metadata endpoint access through application-initiated requests.
Underlying APIs
Any API the application calls is tested too — see API Penetration Testing for standalone API-only engagements.
Grey-Box, By Default
Why grey-box
Most real attackers eventually operate with some level of access — a leaked credential, a compromised account, or a purchased subscription. Testing with one or two low-privilege test accounts finds access-control and business-logic flaws a fully black-box test would miss, without the added cost of a full source-code review.
Tooling & technique
Burp Suite Professional and purpose-built scripts drive coverage and evidence capture; every meaningful finding is manually verified and exploited to confirm real impact before it goes in the report — no unverified scanner output.
What You Receive
Executive Summary
Plain-language risk overview for stakeholders who aren't security engineers.
Technical Findings
Each finding with CVSS score, affected endpoint, and step-by-step proof of concept.
Remediation Guidance
Specific, reproducible fixes your developers can implement directly.
Retest Report
One round of retesting included to confirm fixes actually close each finding.
Web Application Testing Questions
Black-box or grey-box?
We default to grey-box (one or two test accounts per role) because it finds far more real-world issues per day of testing. Pure black-box is available if that better matches your threat model.
Do you need our source code?
No — this is a black/grey-box dynamic test against the running application. If you also want the codebase reviewed, see Source Code Review.
Staging or production?
Either — a production-like staging environment is ideal so we can test destructive edge cases freely; testing production directly is common too, within an agreed rules-of-engagement window.
How long does it take?
Most single-application tests take one to two weeks depending on the number of user roles and workflows, confirmed during scoping.
Ready to Test Your Web Application?
Tell us about your application and we'll scope the right engagement.