Penetration Testing (VA+PT)
Comprehensive penetration testing combining vulnerability assessment and exploitation
Our Web Penetration Testing (VA+PT) service does two things that a scan cannot: it finds the vulnerabilities in a web application following the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (WSTG), and then it proves them by exploiting them under controlled conditions. Finding a weakness tells you it might be a problem; exploiting it tells you what an attacker actually gets, and chaining several together shows how a low-risk issue becomes a breach. We test authentication and session management, authorization and access control, input handling and injection, business logic, configuration, and client-side security — manually, because the flaws that matter most are the ones a tool walks past. Every finding is proven with a reproducible proof-of-concept, rated with CVSS alongside its real business impact, mapped to the WSTG, and written up with a concrete fix. After you remediate, we re-test.
What's Included
Authentication testing: credential handling, multi-factor, password reset, and account recovery flows
Session management: token strength, fixation, expiry, and logout
Authorization and access control: horizontal and vertical privilege escalation, IDOR
Input handling and injection: SQL, command, template, and other injection classes
Cross-site scripting and client-side security
Cross-site request forgery and other request-forgery flaws
Business logic: abuse of the application's intended workflow
Configuration and deployment: security headers, TLS, error handling, and exposed components
File upload and handling
Controlled exploitation and attack-chain analysis, showing how issues combine
Proof-of-concept for every confirmed finding, and re-testing after remediation
How It Works
- Executive summary with a risk overview for decision-makers
- Detailed penetration testing report, each finding with a reproducible proof-of-concept
- Attack-chain documentation showing how issues combine
- Findings mapped to the OWASP WSTG, with CVSS and business impact
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
- Retest report confirming the state after remediation
Why HafezSecure
Frequently Asked Questions
It combines a vulnerability assessment of a web application, following the OWASP WSTG, with controlled exploitation of what is found. The assessment identifies the weaknesses; the exploitation proves them and measures their real impact, including how several issues chain into a larger attack. Every finding is proven, rated with CVSS, and written up with a fix.
A vulnerability assessment identifies and rates weaknesses; a penetration test goes further and exploits them to prove they are real and to show what an attacker gains. If you need to know your exposure and prioritize fixes, an assessment may be enough; if you need proof of impact and to understand attack chains, VA+PT is the fuller answer.
Exploitation runs only within rules of engagement agreed with you in advance, and it is non-destructive: we prove access and impact without damaging data or disrupting service. Anything that could carry risk is discussed and approved before it is attempted.
At minimum the target URL and the rules of engagement. Test accounts for each role let us test authorization and privilege escalation, which is where the high-impact findings usually are. For a white-box test we also use documentation, and where relevant the source code, to reach deeper than an outside view can.
All three. Black-box mimics an outside attacker with no credentials, grey-box works from user accounts and partial knowledge, and white-box adds documentation and source code. Grey-box is the common choice for web applications because it reflects a logged-in attacker and covers authorization thoroughly; we match the mode to your threat model.
A staging environment that mirrors production is safest for exploitation, so that proving impact cannot affect real data or users. When the test must run against production, we agree on non-destructive boundaries and timing first, and stay within them.
Each finding is scored with CVSS and presented next to its real business impact, and a chain of issues is rated by what the chain achieves, not by its weakest link. That pairing lets you fix in the order that reduces the most risk first.
Yes. Re-testing after remediation is part of the engagement: we confirm each fix actually closes the issue and did not open a new one, and you receive an updated report reflecting the remediated state.
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