testing-for-xml-injection-vulnerabilities
Installation
SKILL.md
Testing for XML Injection Vulnerabilities
When to Use
- When testing applications that process XML input (SOAP APIs, XML-RPC, file uploads)
- During penetration testing of applications with XML parsers
- When assessing SAML-based authentication implementations
- When testing file import/export functionality that handles XML formats
- During API security testing of SOAP or XML-based web services
Prerequisites
- Burp Suite with XML-related extensions (Content Type Converter, XXE Scanner)
- XMLLint or similar XML validation tools
- Understanding of XML structure, DTDs, and entity processing
- Python 3.x with lxml and requests libraries
- Access to an out-of-band interaction server (Burp Collaborator, interact.sh)
- Sample XXE payloads from PayloadsAllTheThings repository
Workflow
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