Welcome to the official repository for the Open Web Application Security Project® (OWASP®) Web Security Testing Guide (WSTG). The WSTG is a comprehensive guide to testing the security of web applications and web services. Created by the collaborative efforts of security professionals and dedicated volunteers, the WSTG provides a framework of best practices used by penetration testers and organizations all over the world.
We are currently working on release version 5.0. You canread the current document here on GitHub.
For the last stable release,check release 4.2.Also availableonline.
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Each scenario has an identifier in the formatWSTG-<category>-<number>,where: 'category' is a 4 character upper case string that identifies the type of test or weakness, and 'number' is a zero-padded numeric value from 01 to 99. For example:WSTG-INFO-02is the second Information Gathering test.
The identifiers may change between versions. Therefore, it is preferable that other documents, reports, or tools use the format:WSTG-<version>-<category>-<number>,where: 'version' is the version tag with punctuation removed. For example:WSTG-v42-INFO-02would be understood to mean specifically the second Information Gathering test from version 4.2.
If identifiers are used without including the<version>element, they should be assumed to refer to the latest Web Security Testing Guide content. As the guide grows and changes this becomes problematic, which is why writers or developers should include the version element.
Linking to Web Security Testing Guide scenarios should be done using versioned links notstableorlatest,which will change with time. However, it is the project team's intention that versioned links do not change. For example:https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/v42/4-Web_Application_Security_Testing/01-Information_Gathering/02-Fingerprint_Web_Server.html.Note: thev42element refers to version 4.2.
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- Read the current content and help us fix any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.
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- Choose an existing issue and submit a pull request to fix it.
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