Identifying Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference from CMD+CTRL Security

Identifying Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Online, Self-Paced

This lab on Improper Restriction of XML External Entity References assesses the learner‚s understanding of how an existing Improper Restriction of XXE References vulnerability in a cloud-native marketing automation SaaS suite can be discovered and exploited.

Learning Objectives

After completing this lab, the learner will understand how adversaries can exploit such vulnerabilities to upload malformed XML documents. Such attacks may lead to the disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, and other system impacts.

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