Tools for auditing WAFS
Project description
# LightBulb LightBulb is an open source python framework for auditing web applications firewalls.
## Synopsis
The framework consists of two main algorithms:
GOFA: An active learning algorithm that infers symbolic representations of automata in the standard membership/equivalence query model.
Active learning algorithms permits the analysis of filter and sanitizer programs remotely, i.e. given only the ability to query the targeted program and observe the output.
SFADiff: A black-box differential testing algorithm based on Symbolic Finite Automata (SFA) learning
Finding differences between programs with similar functionality is an important security problem as such differences can be used for fingerprinting or creating evasion attacks against security software like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) which are designed to detect malicious inputs to web applications.
## Motivation
Web Applications Firewalls (WAFs) are fundamental building blocks of modern application security. For example, the PCI standard for organizations handling credit card transactions dictates that any application facing the internet should be either protected by a WAF or successfully pass a code review process. Nevertheless, despite their popularity and importance, auditing web application firewalls remains a challenging and complex task. Finding attacks that bypass the firewall usually requires expert domain knowledge for a specific vulnerability class. Thus, penetration testers not armed with this knowledge are left with publicly available lists of attack strings, like the XSS Cheat Sheet, which are usually insufficient for thoroughly evaluating the security of a WAF product.
## Commands Usage
Main interface commands:
Command | Description ————- | ————————————- core | Shows available core modules utils | Shows available query handlers info <module> | Prints module information library | Enters library modules | Shows available application modules use <module> | Enters module start <moduleA> <moduleB> | Initiate algorithm help | Prints help complete | Prints bash completion command
Module commands:
Command | Description ————- | ————————————- back | Go back to main menu info | Prints current module information library | Enters library options | Shows available options define <option> <value> | Set an option value start | Initiate algoritm complete | Prints bash completion command
Library commands:
Command | Description ————- | ————————————- back | Go back to main menu info <folder\module> | Prints requested module information (folder must be located in lightbulb/data/) cat <folder\module> | Prints requested module (folder must be located in lightbulb/data/) modules <folder> | Shows available library modules in the requested folder (folder must be located in lightbulb/data/) search <keywords> | Searches available library modules using comma separated keywords complete | Prints bash completion command
## Installation
In order to use the application without complete package installation:
`bash make pip install -r requirements.txt `
In order to perform complete package installation You can also install it from pip repository:
`bash pip install lightbulb-framework lightbulb `
## Contributors
George Argyros
Ioannis Stais
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