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PRACTITIONER

Path traversal

This learning path covers path traversal vulnerabilities. You'll learn how to carry out path traversal attacks and circumvent common obstacles. You'll also learn how to prevent path traversal attacks.

Contents

Get started: What is path traversal?

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GET STARTED

What is path traversal? 0 of 1

What is path traversal? Get started

Reading arbitrary files via path traversal 0 of 2

Reading arbitrary files via path traversal

Lab: File path traversal, simple case APPRENTICE

Common obstacles to exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities 0 of 10

Common obstacles to exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities

Lab: File path traversal, traversal sequences blocked with absolute path bypass PRACTITIONER

Common obstacles to exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities - Continued

Lab: File path traversal, traversal sequences stripped non-recursively PRACTITIONER

Common obstacles to exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities - Continued

Lab: File path traversal, traversal sequences stripped with superfluous URL-decode PRACTITIONER

Common obstacles to exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities - Continued

Lab: File path traversal, validation of start of path PRACTITIONER

Common obstacles to exploiting path traversal vulnerabilities - Continued

Lab: File path traversal, validation of file extension with null byte bypass PRACTITIONER

How to prevent a path traversal attack 0 of 1

How to prevent a path traversal attack