Fuzzing-Project

Fuzzing or fuzz testing is an automated software used to test error handling of the software by providing invalid, unexpected, or random inputs.

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Terminologies:

Wordlists: Wordlists are text files containing a sequence of commonly used words. This can be lists of common user names, passwords, website directories, typical files on a website, etc.

SecList: One of the most comprehensive and widely-used collections of wordlists is SecLists.

SecLists contains wordlists for:

• Common directory and file names
• Backup files
• Configuration files
• Vulnerable scripts

Fuzzer: A software tool that automates generating and sending payloads to a web application and analyzing the responses. Example- ffuf, wfuzz, Burp Suite.

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The most commonly used wordlists for fuzzing web directories and files from SecLists are:

How ffuf generally works:

1. Wordlist: You provide ffuf with a wordlist containing potential directory or file names.
2. URL with FUZZ keyword: You construct a URL with the FUZZ keyword as a placeholder where the wordlist entries will be inserted.
3. Requests: ffuf iterates through the wordlist, replacing the FUZZ keyword in the URL with each entry and sending HTTP requests to the target web server.
4. Response Analysis: ffuf analyzes the server's responses (status codes, content length, etc.) and filters the results based on your criteria.