Robin: A Web Security Tool

TL;DR

Robin is a web security tool designed to assist security professionals in identifying vulnerabilities in web applications, demonstrated through a real case study revealing a critical security flaw.

Contribution

The paper introduces Robin, a new web security tool that aids in penetration testing and vulnerability detection in web applications.

Findings

Identified a critical security vulnerability in a real web application.

Demonstrated Robin’s effectiveness in detecting security flaws.

Validated Robin through a practical case study.

Abstract

Thanks to the advance of technology, all kinds of applications are becoming more complete and capable of performing complex tasks that save much of our time. But to perform these tasks, applications require that some personal information are shared, for example credit card, bank accounts, email addresses, etc. All these data must be transferred securely between the final user and the institution application. Nonetheless, several applications might contain residual flaws that may be explored by criminals in order to steal users data. Hence, to help information security professionals and developers to perform penetration tests (pentests) on web applications, this paper presents Robin: A Web Security Tool. The tool is also applied to a real case study in which a very dangerous vulnerability was found. This vulnerability is also described in this paper.