Day 18 · Week 3

Start of Burp Suite

Complete THM room Burpsuite Starter, and Intruder

Challenges completed

Complete THM room Burpsuite Starter, and Intruder

What I learned

  • Learned how Burp Suite works as a proxy between the browser and web server, allowing HTTP traffic to be intercepted and inspected.
  • Practised reading HTTP requests and responses, including parameters, headers, cookies, status codes, and response content.
  • Used Burp Proxy to capture web traffic and identify where user-controlled input is being sent to the application.
  • Learned how to send captured requests to Repeater for manual testing and modification.
  • Practised changing request values and resending them to observe how the server responds.
  • Developed a better understanding of how vulnerabilities can appear when applications mishandle modified input.

Commands, tools, and techniques

Record useful commands, payloads, filters, or problem-solving techniques.

Problems and dead ends

Explain what did not work and why.

What I will revisit

  • More practise on PortSwigger