Day 38 Ethical Hacking: Exploiting Path Traversal with PortSwigger Lab

Hello HacAdemy viewers and welcome back to the Ethical Hacker 40-Day Challenge! For Day 38, we're tackling a classic and dangerous web application vulnerability: Path Traversal, also known as Directory Traversal or Dot-Dot-Slash attack.

In this hands-on PortSwigger lab walkthrough, I'll demonstrate exactly how a path traversal vulnerability works and how attackers can exploit it to access arbitrary files and directories on a web server that are outside of the intended root directory. This can lead to sensitive information disclosure, unauthorized access, and even remote code execution in some cases.

This video will cover:

What is Path Traversal? Understanding the core concept and how it arises in web applications.
How Path Traversal Works: Practical examples of how an attacker manipulates file paths using ../ sequences or other techniques.
PortSwigger Lab Demonstration: A step-by-step practical exploitation of a path traversal vulnerability.
Identifying Vulnerable Parameters: How to spot potential entry points for path traversal attacks.
Common Attack Payloads: Exploring different payloads to bypass filters and access specific files (e.g., /etc/passwd, web server logs, configuration files).
Impact of Path Traversal: Discussing the severe consequences, from information disclosure to potential RCE.
Mitigation Strategies: Essential server-side defenses to prevent path traversal, including robust input validation and canonicalization.
This video is an essential watch for anyone interested in web application security, penetration testing, or securing web servers. Understanding path traversal is crucial for both attackers and defenders!

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