The Mythology of 'Un-hackable'
No system is perfectly secure. In this assessment, I took a standard LAMP stack web application and applied the OWASP Testing Guide framework to identify critical weaknesses.
Findings
1. SQL Injection (High)
Found in the login page. By inputting `' OR 1=1 --`, I was able to bypass authentication and gain admin access.
2. Reflected XSS (Medium)
The search bar reflected input without sanitization. Script tags were executed immediately.
Remediation
The fix was simple yet critical: Implementing parameterized queries (Prepared Statements) for all database interactions and using context-aware output encoding for user input.