Application Penetration Testing

    Find what black-box scanners miss.

    Source-assisted assessments, iterative exploitation, and audit-ready deliverables. Our assessors test with full read-only access to your source and your running application — surfacing logic flaws, unsafe patterns, and dead code paths a black-box test cannot reach.

    Four iterative exploitation passes per engagement

    Audit-ready reports for SOC 2, ISO 27001 & GDPR

    Consultative review with your engineering team

    Engagement / Findings
    PASS 3 / 4
    F-014·IDOR → Cross-tenant data read on /api/orders/:id
    Severity: CriticalCVSS: 9.1Status: Open
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
    LIVE-EXPLOITED AGAINST PRODUCTION
    F-019·Mass assignment on /api/users/:id elevates role
    Severity: HighCVSS: 8.2Status: Open
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    SOURCE-CONFIRMED · POC PROVIDED
    F-022·Verbose error responses disclose stack frames
    Severity: MediumCVSS: 5.3Status: Open
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    CODE-CONFIRMED
    3
    Critical
    7
    High
    14
    Medium

    What We Test

    Aligned to OWASP WSTG v4.2, OWASP Top 10 (2021), OWASP API Top 10, NIST SP 800-115 & CVSS v3.1.

    Authentication & Sessions

    Credential handling, session fixation, token validity, MFA bypass.

    Authorization & Access

    IDOR, privilege escalation, tenant isolation, RBAC, BOLA/BFLA.

    Input Handling

    SQL / NoSQL / command / LDAP injection, XSS, SSRF, XXE, uploads.

    Business Logic

    Race conditions, workflow bypass, price/quantity tampering, state abuse.

    API Security

    OWASP API Top 10, parameter pollution, mass assignment, rate limiting.

    Client-Side

    CSP, CORS, clickjacking, DOM issues, exposed secrets.

    Infra-Adjacent

    Misconfigured headers, verbose errors, debug endpoints, stale dependencies.

    Chained Attacks

    Lower-severity issues combined into compound, high-impact exploits.

    How We Test — Iterative Model

    Four passes. Each goes deeper than the last.

    01

    Reconnaissance & Surface Mapping

    Enumerate endpoints, parameters, auth flows, client-side logic and stack; establish baseline behavior.

    02

    Exploitation Breadth

    Systematic attempts across the full OWASP Top 10 and API Top 10 — validated by real exploitation, not pattern-matching.

    03

    Depth & Chaining

    Revisit promising findings, chain lower-severity issues, push authorization boundaries and business logic.

    04

    Verification & Evidence

    Every finding re-verified with a reproducible proof-of-concept, request/response evidence and remediation guidance.

    LIVE-EXPLOITED
    Working PoC against the running service
    LIVE-CONFIRMED
    Defect confirmed live, full chain not exercised
    CODE-CONFIRMED
    Source-confirmed; runtime validation blocked

    Severity Model

    CVSS v3.1 with exploitability context — prioritized by real-world risk.

    CRITICAL
    Demonstrably exploitable now; high impact. Remediate immediately.
    HIGH
    Exploitable under specific conditions; high impact. Expedited.
    MEDIUM
    Moderate impact or mitigating factors; amplifies in a chain. Next cycle.
    LOW
    Limited impact; useful to an attacker. As capacity allows.
    INFO
    No direct impact; hardening and hygiene observations.

    Timeline

    Typical end-to-end: 1–3 weeks from start to consultative review.

    STEP 01

    Kickoff

    Scope confirmed on a short call

    STEP 02

    Testing

    3–12 business days

    STEP 03

    Report

    < 24h after testing

    STEP 04

    Review

    Within 5 days

    STEP 05

    Re-test

    30 days, included

    Choose Your Engagement

    Pick a size by scope, then a tier by depth. Final scope is confirmed on a short discovery call before signature.

    30
    DAYS
    INCLUDED IN EVERY TIER

    Re-tests are on us.

    Every Critical and High finding is re-verified within 30 days of report delivery — at no extra cost. No change order, no re-scope fee, written close-out for your auditors.

    Small

    Up to 25 endpoints · up to 3 services

    Source-Assisted
    $7,000
    Full White-Box
    $12,500
    Most Common

    Medium

    25–100 endpoints · 4–10 services

    Source-Assisted
    $14,000
    Full White-Box
    $22,000

    Large

    100+ endpoints · 10+ services

    Source-Assisted
    Price on Request
    Full White-Box
    Price on Request

    Prices in USD, exclusive of local taxes. All deliverables for the selected tier are included.

    What’s included in each tier

    Both tiers are available at every size.

    Source-Assisted
    Fast, high-value coverage

    Production URL plus read-only source access. Depth equivalent to grey-box on the unauthenticated surface, with source review substituting for credentialled coverage. Includes 30-day re-test of Critical & High findings.

    Full White-Box — our deepest tier
    Production & compliance-driven

    Everything in Source-Assisted, plus credentials for every role tier, engineering walkthrough & design docs, authenticated cross-role and cross-tenant testing, and 10 hours of consultative guidance.

    Both
    Source + Live
    Every test combines code review with live exploitation
    4×
    Exploitation Passes
    Iterative exploitation, not a one-shot scan
    <24h
    Report Turnaround
    Delivered within a day of testing completion
    Included
    Re-test
    30-day re-test of every Critical & High finding — no extra cost

    Frequently Asked Questions