00 — Overview
Vulnerable & Outdated Components
Every library, framework, and plugin your application uses is a potential attack surface. Learn how attackers exploit known CVEs in outdated dependencies and how to check for them.
Beginner·20 min·7 tasks
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→Identify the software stack and versions running on a target
→Search CVE databases and Exploit-DB for known vulnerabilities
→Understand why outdated dependencies are critical findings
→Use version fingerprints from Nmap and HTTP headers to find CVEs
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