Checking for hidden inputs with Burp Suite - Port Swigger
Summary: PortSwigger describes hidden inputs as HTTP headers, cookies, or parameters that affect how a site responds but are not used during normal interaction, and says its Param Miner extension finds them by guessing candidates from a built-in wordlist and scope data. Param Miner sends a request containing each candidate input followed by one with it omitted, and a difference in the responses suggests the site supports that header, cookie, or parameter.
What's compelling: Hidden inputs are additional ways to trigger unintended behavior from a target, and in Burp Suite Professional they surface as a Secret input issue in the Dashboard tab - a standing reminder that the request surface your application actually honors is larger than the one your documentation describes.
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