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# Burp Suite

[Burp Suite](https://portswigger.net/burp) is a widely-used, powerful cybersecurity testing tool developed by PortSwigger. It is designed for security professionals and penetration testers to assess web applications and identify vulnerabilities. Burp Suite offers a comprehensive set of features for web application security testing, including manual and automated testing, reconnaissance, and scanning capabilities.

**Key Features:**

1. **Proxy**: Burp Suite acts as an intercepting proxy between your browser and the target web application, allowing you to inspect and modify requests and responses. This is useful for identifying security issues in real-time.

2. **Scanner**: Burp includes an automated scanner that can identify common web application vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and more. It helps testers identify vulnerabilities quickly.

3. **Repeater**: The Repeater tool allows you to repeat and modify requests to a web application, making it useful for testing for vulnerabilities and verifying their impact.

4. **Intruder**: Burp's Intruder tool is used for automated fuzzing and brute force attacks on various parameters within requests, helping identify vulnerabilities like weak passwords, session fixation, and more.

5. **Spider**: Burp Spider crawls web applications to discover and map out the entire application structure, which is essential for a thorough assessment.

6. **Target Analyzer**: It helps you identify the potential attack surface of the web application, showing you links, forms, and other elements that might be vulnerable.

7. **Sequencer**: The Sequencer tool analyzes the randomness of tokens or session identifiers to identify weaknesses in session management and randomness.

8. **Extensions**: Burp Suite supports the development of custom extensions in various programming languages, allowing users to add their own functionality or integrate with other tools and services.

**Usage:**

1. **Setting Up Burp Suite**: Download and install Burp Suite from the official website. Configure your browser to use Burp as a proxy, so it can intercept and analyze requests and responses.

2. **Exploring the Application**: Use the Proxy and Spider tools to explore the target web application. The Spider will discover and map out the application's structure.

3. **Manual Testing**: Manually explore and interact with the application through your browser, using the Proxy to intercept and analyze requests and responses. This helps identify vulnerabilities like XSS, CSRF, and others.

4. **Automated Scanning**: Use the Scanner tool to automate vulnerability detection. Configure scanning options and let Burp Suite identify common vulnerabilities.

5. **Fuzzing and Brute Force**: The Intruder tool can be used for fuzzing and brute force attacks on parameters to identify vulnerabilities and weak points.

6. **Analyzing Results**: Review the findings and reports generated by Burp Suite to understand the security posture of the application. Prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities.

7. **Customization**: Burp Suite's extensibility allows you to develop custom extensions or leverage existing ones to add specialized functionality.

8. **Repeat Testing**: Continuously test the application, especially after implementing security fixes, to ensure vulnerabilities are resolved.

**Uncle Rats Tips**  

1. **Proxy Settings:** Below is how I set up my proxy settings, inparticular the "*unhide hidden form fields*" & "*prominently display highlight unhidden fields*" which will draw a big red box around the field which you will easily identify.

![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HJYRMGDyT.png)

2. **Setting Scope:** Below are 3 different ways to set your scope.

i. <u>*proxy tab*</u>   

![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S1B8cfw1a.png)  

ii. <u>*target tab*</u>   

![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ryXc9Gwkp.png)  

iii. <u>*scope settings*</u>

![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HJcnoGDyT.png)


Remember to use Burp Suite responsibly and only on applications you have permission to test, as scanning unauthorized targets can be illegal and unethical. Additionally, stay updated with the latest web application security trends and vulnerabilities to effectively use Burp Suite for security testing.


