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ECCouncil
EC-Council Web Application Hacking and Security (WAHS) teaches professionals to analyze web architecture, identify injection, authentication, client‑side, and server‑side vulnerabilities, and apply remediation strategies for robust protection.
360
Minutes
70/100
Passing Score
$1499
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
Penetration testers, security analysts, and developers who perform web vulnerability assessments are ideal candidates. They should have at least two years of hands‑on experience with web technologies and aim to master systematic exploitation techniques and mitigation planning. The certification validates their expertise, enabling career advancement and recognition as trusted web security specialists.
What's Covered
1
Web Application Architecture
2
Injection Attacks
3
Authentication Exploitation
4
Client-Side Attacks
5
Server-Side Vulnerabilities
6
API Security Testing
7
Modern Web Framework Exploitation
8
Web Application Firewall Bypass
9
Web Cryptography Attacks
10
Reporting and Remediation
What's Included in AccelaStudy® AI
Adaptive Knowledge Graph
Practice Questions
Lesson Modules
Console Simulator Labs
Exam Tips & Strategy
20 Activity Formats
Course Outline
60 learning goals
1
Web Application Architecture
2 topics
HTTP and web fundamentals
- Apply HTTP protocol analysis including request methods headers cookies and caching behavior for security testing.
- Apply web security header assessment including CSP HSTS X-Frame-Options and CORS configuration validation.
- Analyze web application architectures to identify technology stacks frameworks and potential attack surface components.
Session and state management
- Apply session management testing including cookie security session fixation session prediction and concurrent session handling.
- Apply web proxy configuration including Burp Suite ZAP and custom certificate installation for HTTPS interception.
- Analyze web application state management to identify client-side storage vulnerabilities and state manipulation opportunities.
2
Injection Attacks
2 topics
SQL injection
- Apply SQL injection including union-based blind boolean time-based and second-order techniques against relational databases.
- Apply NoSQL injection including MongoDB operator injection and JSON-based payload injection against document databases.
- Apply advanced SQLi including WAF bypass out-of-band data extraction and stored procedure exploitation.
Non-SQL injection
- Apply command injection and OS injection to execute system commands through vulnerable application input processing.
- Apply LDAP injection XML injection and XPath injection to exploit directory services and XML processing logic.
- Analyze injection vulnerability patterns to identify untrusted data flows and recommend input validation strategies.
3
Authentication Exploitation
2 topics
Auth bypass techniques
- Apply authentication bypass including credential stuffing brute force default credentials and authentication logic flaws.
- Apply OAuth exploitation including authorization code interception redirect URI manipulation and scope escalation.
- Apply JWT attacks including algorithm confusion none algorithm key brute-forcing and claim tampering.
MFA and SSO attacks
- Apply MFA bypass including OTP brute force response manipulation backup code exploitation and push notification fatigue.
- Apply SSO exploitation including SAML signature wrapping assertion manipulation and identity provider compromise.
- Analyze authentication architectures to identify trust chain weaknesses and recommend hardening measures.
4
Client-Side Attacks
2 topics
Cross-site scripting
- Apply reflected stored and DOM-based XSS to achieve client-side code execution and session hijacking.
- Apply advanced XSS including mutation XSS polyglot payloads and CSP bypass techniques for filtered environments.
- Apply XSS exploitation chains including keylogging credential harvesting and browser exploitation through injected scripts.
Other client-side
- Apply CSRF attacks including token prediction auto-submit forms and cross-origin request exploitation techniques.
- Apply clickjacking including UI redressing frame injection and drag-and-drop attacks for user action manipulation.
- Analyze client-side vulnerability impact to assess data exposure user compromise and organizational risk scenarios.
5
Server-Side Vulnerabilities
2 topics
SSRF and file attacks
- Apply SSRF to access cloud metadata internal services and restricted network resources through server-side requests.
- Apply file upload attacks including web shell deployment MIME type bypass and file extension manipulation.
- Apply file inclusion attacks including LFI RFI and path traversal to read sensitive files and execute code.
Deserialization and template injection
- Apply deserialization attacks against Java .NET and PHP to achieve remote code execution through object manipulation.
- Apply server-side template injection in Jinja2 Freemarker Twig and EL to execute arbitrary code on web servers.
- Analyze server-side vulnerability chains to identify paths from initial access to full system compromise.
6
API Security Testing
2 topics
REST and GraphQL
- Apply REST API testing including BOLA BFLA mass assignment rate limiting bypass and verbose error exploitation.
- Apply GraphQL exploitation including introspection abuse nested query attacks field suggestion and batching attacks.
- Apply API authentication testing including API key exposure bearer token manipulation and scope enforcement validation.
Advanced API attacks
- Apply SOAP API testing including XML entity injection WSDL analysis and WS-Security implementation flaws.
- Apply gRPC and WebSocket API testing including message manipulation connection hijacking and protocol downgrade.
- Design comprehensive API security assessment methodologies covering authentication authorization data exposure and business logic.
7
Modern Web Framework Exploitation
2 topics
SPA and framework attacks
- Apply React Angular and Vue.js security testing including client-side routing bypass state management exploitation and build artifact analysis.
- Apply server-side rendering exploitation including hydration attacks universal XSS and framework-specific bypasses.
- Analyze modern web framework security configurations to identify default weaknesses and misconfigured protections.
CMS exploitation
- Apply CMS exploitation including WordPress Drupal and Joomla plugin vulnerabilities theme injection and admin panel attacks.
- Apply headless CMS and JAMstack exploitation including API endpoint discovery content injection and preview bypass.
- Design web framework security assessment checklists covering framework-specific vulnerabilities and common misconfiguration patterns.
8
Web Application Firewall Bypass
2 topics
WAF evasion
- Apply WAF bypass using encoding techniques including double encoding unicode normalization and character set manipulation.
- Apply WAF bypass using HTTP protocol manipulation including parameter pollution chunked encoding and multipart abuse.
- Analyze WAF rule sets to identify coverage gaps and develop targeted bypass payloads for specific WAF products.
Advanced evasion
- Apply payload obfuscation including JavaScript encoding HTML entity abuse and context-dependent payload construction.
- Apply time-based evasion including request throttling IP rotation and header manipulation to avoid WAF blocking.
- Design WAF bypass strategies combining multiple evasion techniques for comprehensive web application testing.
9
Web Cryptography Attacks
2 topics
TLS and certificate attacks
- Apply TLS security testing including protocol downgrade cipher suite analysis and certificate validation bypass techniques.
- Apply cryptographic implementation attacks including padding oracle CBC bit-flipping and ECB mode exploitation.
- Analyze web application cryptographic implementations to identify weak algorithms insufficient key lengths and IV reuse.
Token and hash attacks
- Apply password hash cracking including hashcat rules rainbow tables and targeted wordlist generation for credential compromise.
- Apply token analysis including entropy assessment predictability testing and structure reverse engineering for session tokens.
- Design comprehensive cryptography assessment covering TLS configuration token generation password storage and data encryption.
10
Reporting and Remediation
2 topics
Vulnerability reporting
- Apply web application vulnerability reporting including severity ratings reproduction steps business impact and remediation guidance.
- Apply CVSS scoring and custom risk rating for web vulnerabilities considering exploitability data sensitivity and exposure.
- Analyze web application security posture holistically to identify systemic weaknesses requiring architectural improvements.
Remediation guidance
- Apply secure development recommendations including input validation output encoding parameterization and security headers.
- Apply security testing integration recommendations for CI/CD pipelines including SAST DAST and dependency scanning.
- Design web application security testing programs incorporating automated scanning manual testing and continuous assessment.
Scope
Included Topics
- All domains in EC-Council WAHS covering web application security testing including OWASP Top 10 advanced injection API security authentication bypass and modern web framework exploitation.
- Web application architecture and security fundamentals including HTTP protocol security headers and session management.
- Injection attacks including SQL NoSQL LDAP command OS and expression language injection techniques.
- Authentication and session management vulnerabilities including OAuth JWT SSO and MFA bypass techniques.
- Client-side attacks including XSS DOM manipulation CSRF clickjacking and WebSocket exploitation.
- API security testing including REST GraphQL SOAP and gRPC vulnerability assessment.
- Modern web framework and CMS security testing including React Angular WordPress and Drupal exploitation.
Not Covered
- Network-level penetration testing covered by CPENT.
- Binary exploitation covered by CPENT and LPT.
- Incident response covered by ECIH.
- SOC monitoring covered by CSA.
- Secure coding remediation covered by CASE.
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