⚠️ AUTHORIZED USE ONLY This skill is for educational purposes or authorized security assessments only. You must have explicit, written permission from the system owner before using this tool. Misuse of this tool is illegal and strictly prohibited.

Web Security Testing Workflow

Overview

Specialized workflow for testing web applications against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities including injection attacks, XSS, broken authentication, and access control issues.

When to Use This Workflow

Use this workflow when:

• Testing web application security
• Performing OWASP Top 10 assessment
• Conducting penetration tests
• Validating security controls
• Bug bounty hunting

Mandatory confirmation gate Before running any command that probes, exploits, changes, persists on, extracts data from, or attempts credential access against a target:

1. Ask the user to state the exact target URL, IP, account, or resource.
2. Ask the user to confirm written authorization and the permitted scope.
3. Show the exact command(s) and explain their expected effect.
4. Wait for explicit confirmation in the current conversation.

Without that confirmation, remain read-only and provide defensive guidance only. Prefer a sandbox, disposable VM, or controlled lab.

Authorized assessment scope

Establish test window, request limits, excluded paths and stop conditions in addition to the mandatory per-command gate above. Bug-bounty participation alone does not authorize every listed test. Use synthetic accounts/data and non-destructive probes; credential stuffing, brute-force, stored payloads and automated scanners require explicit scope. Stop on instability or unexpected sensitive data, retain only redacted minimal evidence, and report untested areas instead of marking full coverage.

Workflow Phases

Phase 1: Reconnaissance

Skills to Invoke

• scanning-tools - Security scanning
• top-web-vulnerabilities - OWASP knowledge

Actions

1. Map application surface
2. Identify technologies
3. Discover endpoints
4. Find subdomains
5. Document findings

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @scanning-tools to perform web application reconnaissance

Phase 2: Injection Testing

Skills to Invoke

• sql-injection-testing - SQL injection
• sqlmap-database-pentesting - SQLMap

Actions

1. Test SQL injection
2. Test NoSQL injection
3. Test command injection
4. Test LDAP injection
5. Document vulnerabilities

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @sql-injection-testing to test for SQL injection

Use @sqlmap-database-pentesting to automate SQL injection testing

Phase 3: XSS Testing

Skills to Invoke

• xss-html-injection - XSS testing
• html-injection-testing - HTML injection

Actions

1. Test reflected XSS
2. Test stored XSS
3. Test DOM-based XSS
4. Test XSS filters
5. Document findings

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @xss-html-injection to test for cross-site scripting

Phase 4: Authentication Testing

Skills to Invoke

• broken-authentication - Authentication testing

Actions

1. Test credential stuffing
2. Test brute force protection
3. Test session management
4. Test password policies
5. Test MFA implementation

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @broken-authentication to test authentication security

Phase 5: Access Control Testing

Skills to Invoke

• idor-testing - IDOR testing
• file-path-traversal - Path traversal

Actions

1. Test vertical privilege escalation
2. Test horizontal privilege escalation
3. Test IDOR vulnerabilities
4. Test directory traversal
5. Test unauthorized access

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @idor-testing to test for insecure direct object references

Use @file-path-traversal to test for path traversal

Phase 6: Security Headers

Skills to Invoke

• api-security-best-practices - Security headers

Actions

1. Check CSP implementation
2. Verify HSTS configuration
3. Test X-Frame-Options
4. Check X-Content-Type-Options
5. Verify referrer policy

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @api-security-best-practices to audit security headers

Phase 7: Reporting

Skills to Invoke

• reporting-standards - Security reporting

Actions

1. Document vulnerabilities
2. Assess risk levels
3. Provide remediation
4. Create proof of concept
5. Generate report

Copy-Paste Prompts

Use @reporting-standards to create security report

OWASP Top 10 (2021) Checklist

This is the 2021 taxonomy; select the edition required by the assessment and map coverage explicitly. A checklist is not proof every category was tested.

• A01: Broken Access Control
• A02: Cryptographic Failures
• A03: Injection
• A04: Insecure Design
• A05: Security Misconfiguration
• A06: Vulnerable Components
• A07: Authentication Failures
• A08: Software/Data Integrity
• A09: Logging/Monitoring
• A10: SSRF

Quality Gates

• All OWASP Top 10 tested
• Vulnerabilities documented
• Proof of concepts captured
• Remediation provided
• Report generated

Related Workflow Bundles

• security-audit - Security auditing
• api-security-testing - API security
• wordpress-security - WordPress security

Limitations

• Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
• Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
• Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.