OWASP Top 10 Plus Business Logic. Not Just Checkbox Testing.
We test web applications as real attackers do — not just running automated scans. Manual exploitation, business logic analysis, and authentication bypass chaining.
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Web application penetration testing is not running Burp Suite and handing you an automated scan report. It’s a manual security review conducted by a researcher who thinks like an attacker — chaining vulnerabilities, testing business logic, and finding the exploitable paths that automated tools miss.
What Manual Testing Finds
Automated scanners excel at finding known vulnerability signatures in isolation. They miss the vulnerabilities that matter most to your business:
Broken access control — can user A view user B’s records? Can a standard user perform administrative actions by manipulating request parameters? Automated tools don’t understand your application’s authorization model.
Business logic flaws — can a user apply a discount code multiple times? Can a partial payment complete a transaction? Can a workflow be skipped? These require understanding your business rules, not pattern-matching against vulnerability signatures.
Authentication bypass — multi-step authentication mechanisms often have race conditions, state management issues, or second-factor bypass paths that only emerge through manual analysis.
Injection chaining — a single injection vulnerability might be low-risk in isolation. Combined with an IDOR and a second-order SQL injection, it becomes a critical data breach path. Only manual testing finds the chains.
OWASP Top 10 Coverage
Our web application penetration test provides documented coverage of all ten OWASP Top 10 categories — structured for use as compliance evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and UAE regulatory requirements.
Every finding includes: vulnerability description, CVSS score (v3.1), evidence screenshots, step-by-step reproduction, business impact assessment, and remediation guidance specific to your technology stack.
Engagement Phases
Reconnaissance
Automated and manual asset enumeration, technology fingerprinting, authentication mechanism analysis, attack surface mapping.
Active Testing
OWASP Top 10 systematic testing, business logic analysis, authentication and authorization testing, session management review.
Exploitation
Exploitation of confirmed vulnerabilities, chaining of findings to demonstrate business impact, privilege escalation attempts.
Reporting
Full technical report with reproduction steps, CVSS scores, executive summary, OWASP Top 10 compliance mapping, remediation guidance.
Deliverables
Before & After
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Testing Coverage | Automated scanner — OWASP Top 10 checkbox | Manual testing — OWASP Top 10 + business logic |
| Finding Quality | High false positive rate, generic findings | Validated exploitable findings with business impact |
| Report Quality | Generic vulnerability list | Contextualized findings with remediation for your stack |
Tools We Use
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the OWASP Top 10?
The OWASP Top 10 is the industry standard reference for the ten most critical web application security risks: broken access control (A01), cryptographic failures (A02), injection (A03), insecure design (A04), security misconfiguration (A05), vulnerable components (A06), identification and authentication failures (A07), software and data integrity failures (A08), security logging failures (A09), and server-side request forgery (A10). Our web application penetration test covers all ten categories plus business logic.
What is included vs excluded?
Included: all authenticated and unauthenticated application surfaces, API endpoints, session management, authentication flows, business logic. Excluded by default: infrastructure and network testing (requires separate engagement), social engineering, denial of service testing. Scope is confirmed in the scoping call before engagement start.
How is this different from an automated scan?
Automated scanners find known vulnerability patterns and produce high false positive rates. A manual penetration test finds business logic flaws, multi-step attack chains, and application-specific vulnerabilities that automated tools cannot identify. Our researchers manually verify every finding — you receive only confirmed, exploitable vulnerabilities with reproduction steps.
Do you test authenticated areas of the application?
Yes. We require test accounts at all privilege levels (user, admin, etc.) to test authenticated functionality. Testing only unauthenticated surfaces misses the majority of real application vulnerabilities — particularly broken access control (OWASP A01), which is consistently the most prevalent finding.
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