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Penetration Testing

Web Application & API Penetration Testing

Our web application penetration testing finds the flaws attackers use to reach your data: broken access control, injection, authentication weaknesses and business logic errors that automated scanners cannot see. Testing is manual and follows the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide, with every finding proven, rated and explained so your developers can fix it. It is one part of our penetration testing services.

What we test

Web applications

Customer portals, SaaS platforms, e-commerce sites and internal business applications, tested against the OWASP Top 10 and beyond.

  • Broken access control and insecure direct object references between users and tenants
  • Injection, including SQL, command and template injection
  • Cross-site scripting and client-side weaknesses
  • Server-side request forgery and insecure file upload
  • Security headers, cookies and TLS configuration

REST and GraphQL APIs behind your web and mobile applications, tested against the OWASP API Security Top 10.

  • Object and function level authorization
  • Excessive data exposure and mass assignment
  • Rate limiting and resource consumption
  • Token handling, API keys and third-party integrations

Login, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, password reset and session handling, where small mistakes often lead to full account takeover.

We study how your application is meant to work and then try to misuse it: skipping steps in a workflow, manipulating prices or quantities, abusing roles and approvals, and accessing other customers’ data.

How Our Web Application Penetration Testing Works

Scoping & Rules of Engagement

We agree on the applications, environments, user roles and test accounts in scope, and whether testing runs against production or a staging copy, documented in a Statement of Work and authorization letter.

Penetration testing scoping and rules of engagement

Mapping & Threat Modeling

We map every page, endpoint, role and data flow, review API documentation where available, and identify the functions an attacker would target first.

Penetration testing reconnaissance phase

Manual Testing & Exploitation

Testers work through the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide by hand, supported by tools, and exploit what they find to show real impact, such as reading another customer's records.

Penetration testing exploitation phase

Reporting

You receive an executive summary and a developer-friendly technical report with reproduction steps, request and response evidence, severity ratings and specific fixes for each finding.

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Remediation Support & Retesting

Our testers answer your developers' questions during remediation and retest fixed findings, giving you a clean retest letter for customers and auditors.

Penetration Testing

Know Your Risk Before Attackers Do

Schedule a scoping call with our penetration testing team. We will define the right engagement for your environment, compliance requirements, and budget, and deliver findings that drive real security improvement.

Schedule Your Free Penetration Testing Scoping Call

Get a Fixed-Price Penetration Test Quote

Tell us what you need tested and we will send a fixed-price quote within one business day. Prefer to talk? Book a scoping call.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do we need manual testing if we already run a vulnerability scanner?

Scanners find known patterns such as missing headers and outdated libraries. They cannot tell whether one customer can read another customer's data or whether a workflow can be abused. Those access control and business logic flaws are where most serious web application findings come from, and finding them takes a person.

Either. Staging is safer for destructive tests and is preferred when it closely matches production. Production testing is common for read-only and access control testing and is planned to avoid disruption.

Yes. Mobile and single-page applications are only as secure as the APIs behind them, and we test those APIs directly against the OWASP API Security Top 10.

Yes. SaaS companies use our web application penetration test reports and retest letters as evidence for SOC 2 audits, ISO 27001 and enterprise customer security questionnaires.

A small web application typically costs $4,000 to $8,000 to test. A larger web application with APIs typically falls in the $10,000 to $30,000 range. We provide a fixed quote after a free scoping call.

Most applications take one to three weeks of testing, depending on the number of pages, roles and API endpoints.

Reviewed by Matt Santill, CISSP, founder of Cyber Security Services and an original contributor to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Last updated .