The Ultimate Guide to WAF Bypass Using SQLMap, Proxychains & Tamper Scripts

Summary

• A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is an essential cybersecurity tool that protects web applications from harmful HTTP traffic, including SQL injections and XSS attacks.
• This article describes how to use ethical hacking techniques to test and get around WAF defences using SQLMap (a SQL injection tool), ProxyChains (an anonymity tool) and tamper scripts.
• The article stresses the importance of remaining ethical and adhering to best practices when scanning targets for vulnerabilities, and provides an overview of WAF features, including request filtering and geoblocking.
• The aim of the article is to provide penetration testers and ethical hackers with a comprehensive guide to advanced techniques for evaluating WAF defences, including bypassing techniques for customised security rules employed by Cloudflare and ModSecurity.

By coffinxp

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