Common Threat Vectors

Demo for CMSC 121: Web Programming

SQL Injection & XSS Attack Demo

Dependencies

Run the following command in cmd:

$pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. To use, create a .env file containing the key-value pair:

SECRET_KEY="<your_secret_key>"

2. Initialize the database by running the following code in Python Shell:

$python
>>> from app import init
>>> init()
>>> exit()

3. To run the web application, run the following command:

$python app.py

Usage (Using CS50 IDE)

1. To use, create a .env file containing the key-value pair:

SECRET_KEY="<your_secret_key>"

2. Initialize the database by running the following code in Python Shell:

$python
>>> from app import init
>>> init()
>>> exit()

3. To run the web application, run the following command:

flask run

Performing SQL Injection Attack

SQL Injection Attack is demonstrated in this application.

Performing XSS Attack

Reflected and Stored XSS Attack is demonstrated in this application.