EC-Council Web Application Hacking and Security (WAHS)
The WAHS course teaches you how to test, hack, and secure web applications. It is fully practical and lab-based: you work with real web systems, find vulnerabilities (like SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, insecure configurations), exploit them, then learn how to properly secure and protect applications.
Description
The WAHS course teaches you how to test, hack, and secure web applications. It is fully practical and lab-based: you work with real web systems, find vulnerabilities (like SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, insecure configurations), exploit them, then learn how to properly secure and protect applications. The program is built like a “capture-the-flag” style challenge set, putting you in realistic web-security scenarios rather than only theory.
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What You Will Learn
This program is fully performance-based and delivered through hands-on labs and CTF-style exercises. The modules below follow the structure used in EC-Council’s official WAHS syllabus.
Module 1: Web Application Hacking Essentials
Introduction to web architecture, HTTP fundamentals, common components, and how web applications are attacked in real-world environments.
Module 2: Advanced Web Application Footprinting & Enumeration
Mapping web applications, identifying entry points, directory and file enumeration, parameter discovery and reconnaissance techniques.
Module 3: Injection Attacks (SQLi, OS Command Injection, LDAP Injection)
Exploiting classic and modern injection flaws and understanding mitigation in secure web environments.
Module 4: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks: Reflected, Stored & DOM-Based
Finding and exploiting XSS vulnerabilities, payload construction and browser-based attack vectors.
Module 5: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attacks
Understanding CSRF mechanics, exploiting session-based trust, and bypassing anti-CSRF protections.
Module 6: Authentication & Authorization Attacks
Broken authentication, password attacks, session hijacking, cookie manipulation and privilege escalation.
Module 7: Server-Side Attacks (SSRF, File Inclusion, Path Traversal)
SSRF exploitation, LFI/RFI attacks, file path manipulation, metadata abuse and backend service pivoting.
Module 8: Web Server & Application Misconfigurations
Insecure headers, weak SSL/TLS configurations, improper error handling, misconfigured frameworks and components.
Module 9: Business Logic & Session Attacks
Logic bypasses, flawed workflows, improper access controls, session fixation and session-state manipulation.
Module 10: Advanced Exploitation Techniques
File upload exploitation, command execution, remote code execution (RCE), web shell usage and persistence.
Module 11: API Hacking Fundamentals
Testing REST and SOAP APIs, parameter tampering, authentication bypasses and insecure API design vulnerabilities.
Module 12: Web Application Security Testing Methodology
Testing frameworks, vulnerability chaining, exploit documentation, reporting and remediation guidelines.
Module 13: Hands-On CTF Challenges (Progressive Difficulty)
Realistic web applications with multi-stage vulnerabilities designed to replicate real attack scenarios.
Certification & Exam
After you complete the WAHS training, you can register for the WAHS certification exam. The exam is fully hands on and takes place in a lab environment. You do not answer classic multiple choice questions, you solve real web application hacking challenges.
The exam is a 6 hour performance based exam. You work on a series of practical tasks where you must find, exploit and document web application vulnerabilities. There is no fixed number of questions, because scoring is based on completed challenges and flags, not on a question list.
When you pass, you receive the corresponding WAHS certificate, which proves that you can test and secure real web applications in a practical, hands on setting.
What You Will Achieve
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
identify and exploit common and advanced web application vulnerabilities in real environments
test authentication, authorization and session mechanisms for weaknesses
perform practical exploitation of injection flaws, XSS, CSRF, SSRF, file inclusion and misconfiguration issues
analyse web application logic to find workflow and access-control defects
use professional web-security testing tools and manual techniques together
execute advanced exploitation methods such as command execution and remote code execution
apply secure coding and configuration principles to protect web applications
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