Web Application Vulnerability Assessment: OWASP Top 10 and Beyond

OWASP Top 10 Coverage

Every web application assessment should cover the OWASP Top 10: Broken Access Control (A01), Cryptographic Failures (A02), Injection (A03), Insecure Design (A04), Security Misconfiguration (A05), Vulnerable Components (A06), Authentication Failures (A07), Software and Data Integrity Failures (A08), Logging Failures (A09), and SSRF (A10). DAST tools like Burp Suite and ZAP automate detection of most OWASP Top 10 categories.

Beyond the OWASP Top 10

The Top 10 is a floor—the most common web vulnerabilities, not the only ones. Comprehensive assessment should also evaluate: business logic flaws specific to your application's workflows, API-specific vulnerabilities (BOLA, BFLA, rate limiting), authentication and session management depth, file upload and download security, and third-party integration security. These categories require manual testing—no scanner reliably detects business logic flaws.

DAST vs SAST for Web Apps

DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) tests the running application from the outside—like an attacker would. SAST (Static Application Security Testing) analyses source code for patterns that indicate vulnerabilities. Both find different classes of issues. DAST finds runtime configuration and deployment issues. SAST finds code-level flaws earlier in the lifecycle. Use both for comprehensive coverage.

Web Application Assessment with Penetrify

Penetrify's web application testing combines DAST scanning for OWASP Top 10 coverage with manual expert testing for business logic, authentication, and API-specific vulnerabilities—the categories that scanners miss and that represent the highest real-world risk.