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Static Analysis for Detecting XSS Vulnerabilities

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Security-testing-Static Analysis for Detecting XSS Vulnerabilities using Schoolmate Web Application

Security Testing Project, 2015 Fall Semester, Unitn-Trento.

Static Analysis of Detecting XSS Vulnerabilities

This is a security testing project using Static Taint Analysis to detect XSS vulnerabilities in a PHP web application SchoolMate using the pixy tool.

The following tasks were performed:

  • Running of the Pixy tool that detects all the XSS vulnerabilities, among which there are false positives and true positives.
  • Security test cases
  • Using JWebUnit to write prof-of-concept attacks
  • Fixing the vulnerabilities by checking the root causes and describing them
  • Finally report on passed and failed test and tainted analysis with fixed code
  • Report