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Automating Security Tests – Part 2: Testing for Simple XSS

September 27, 2021June 21, 2014 by Matthias Rohr

In part 1 of this series, I described how we can automatically test if a correct security header is a simple JUnit test. In this part, I will demonstrate how we can use self-made test automation to test even vulnerabilities such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). XSS is doubtless one of the most common vulnerabilities for … Read more

Categories Security Test Automation Tags java, XSS

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avatar for Matthias RohrMatthias Rohr (21)

Founder and lead security architect at Secodis. He began working in this field in 2004, is a frequent speaker at AppSec conferences, co-founder of the German OWASP chapter, and author of various AppSec publications. Matthias lives and works in Hamburg / Germany.

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