# web-pentest

A skill that walks the agent through testing a live web app: config, auth, authorization, input handling. Built for targets you have written permission to test.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 545 installs · ★ 435
- Author: briiirussell
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/web-pentest

## What it does

The skill gives the agent a fixed order of work based on OWASP WSTG. It opens with an authorization check: written permission for that specific application, the target still in scope and live, test credentials or guest access, and a list of what stays off limits. Anything unclear gets asked up front.

Then six phases. Configuration and deployment: headers via `curl -I`, CORS reflection, TLS with `testssl.sh` or `sslyze`, exposed `/.git/`, `/.env`, `/backup.sql`, default paths like `/admin` and `/swagger`. Identity and authentication: username enumeration from differing form responses, password policy, MFA, session fixation, password reset, OAuth with PKCE and `state`. Authorization is the phase that pays off most — IDOR, vertical escalation, tenant isolation in multi-tenant SaaS. Sessions and input validation come last: XSS, SQLi, command injection, SSRF, XXE, SSTI.

It is meant to follow `recon`, which maps the surface; this one walks that map with credentials in hand. `allowed-tools` lists Bash, Read, Write, WebFetch and WebSearch, so the agent fires requests and reads responses itself. No written authorization for the target means no run — that check comes first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill web-pentest -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/web-pentest/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill web-pentest -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill web-pentest -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills web-pentest
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill web-pentest -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --path skills/web-pentest
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill web-pentest -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/web-pentest/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether the API hands over other users' objects by raw ID
- find endpoints a regular user can reach instead of an admin
- see whether the session ID rotates after login
- test password reset for Host header poisoning
- assess data isolation between organizations in a multi-tenant app

## Example prompts
- run a web pentest against staging.example.com, I have written authorization and two user accounts
- do the authorization phase: look for IDOR on /api/users/:id endpoints
- test sessions and CSRF here, start with token rotation after login

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: web-pentest
description: "Perform black-box / grey-box web application penetration testing on an authorized target — auth bypass, IDOR, session handling, business-logic flaws, parameter tampering, Burp Suite / OWASP ZAP workflows. Use when the user mentions 'web pentest,' 'web application penetration test,' 'pentesting,' 'bug bounty,' 'Burp Suite,' 'ZAP,' 'OWASP testing,' 'authentication testing,' 'session testing,' 'authorization testing,' 'business logic testing,' 'web vulnerability testing,' or has explicit authorization to test a live web application."
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, WebFetch, WebSearch
---

# Web Pentest — Live Web Application Testing

Structured black-box / grey-box penetration testing of a live web application against an authorized target. Pairs with `recon` (which maps the surface) and complements `owasp-audit` (which reads the source). Use `recon` first; use this once you have a target list and credentials (or guest access).

## Authorization Check

Before touching the target, confirm:
1. Written authorization for this specific application (pentest engagement, bug bounty in-scope domain, CTF/lab, your own asset)
2. The application is currently in scope and live (not deprecated, not under maintenance freeze)
3. Test credentials provided (if grey-box), or guest access confirmed (if black-box)
4. Out-of-scope items documented — production user data, payment flows, social engineering, DoS

If anything is unclear, ask before proceeding. Never assume authorization.

## Methodology

Follows the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide (WSTG) structure. Each phase produces evidence; document everything as you go.

### Phase 1: Configuration & deployment

Goal: understand what's running and how it's exposed.

- HTTP headers — pull with `curl -I` and `curl -I -H "Origin: https://evil.com"`:
  - `Server`, `X-Powered-By` revealing stack
  - HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options presence and values
  - CORS — `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` reflection without an allow-list, `Allow-Credentials: true` paired with `*`
- TLS — `testssl.sh https://target` or `sslyze --regular target`
- Backups / configs exposed — `/.git/`, `/.env`, `/backup.sql`, `/web.config`, `/server-status`, `/.aws/credentials`
- Default admin paths — `/admin`, `/administrator`, `/manage`, `/console`, `/actuator/`, `/_debug/`, `/swagger`, `/graphql`, `/.well-known/`
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