Application and Web Vulnerabilities Questions

Comprehensive knowledge of common application and web security weaknesses and attack vectors across modern architectures and deployment models. Candidates should understand categories such as structured query language injection, command injection, cross site scripting, cross site request forgery, insecure deserialization, broken authentication and session management, broken access control, sensitive data exposure, insecure cryptography, security misconfiguration, using components with known vulnerabilities, insufficient logging and monitoring, race conditions, server side request forgery, xml external entity attacks, and business logic flaws. They should be able to explain attack mechanisms and exploitation techniques, give real world examples and business impact, and describe architectural and design level mitigations and secure patterns to reduce exposure. Familiarity with taxonomies and severity frameworks such as the Open Web Application Security Project Top Ten and the Common Weakness Enumeration, and an understanding of how prevalence and risk differ by application type, architecture, platform, and deployment pattern, is expected. Candidates should also know common assessment approaches and tooling such as vulnerability scanning, static application security testing, dynamic application security testing, and manual penetration testing.