Testing for directory traversal vulnerabilities with Burp Suite - Port Swigger
Summary: PortSwigger describes directory traversal, also called file path vulnerabilities, as flaws that let an attacker read arbitrary files on the server running an application, including application code and data, credentials for back-end systems, and sensitive operating system files. The article outlines testing for them with Burp Suite, using Burp Scanner in Professional or Burp Intruder with a list of directory traversal fuzz strings, and points to the File path traversal, traversal sequences stripped with superfluous URL-decode lab in its Web Security Academy.
What you should know: The files this flaw exposes are the ones that matter most: application code and data, back-end credentials, and operating system files, so a single traversal path can hand an attacker the keys to systems beyond the application itself.
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