Perform black-box / grey-box web application penetration testing on an authorized target — auth bypass, IDOR, session handling, business-logic flaws, parameter tampering, Burp Suite / OWASP ZAP workflows. Use when the user mentions 'web pentest,' 'web application penetration test,' 'pentesting,' 'bug bounty,' 'Burp Suite,' 'ZAP,' 'OWASP testing,' 'authentication testing,' 'session testing,' 'authorization testing,' 'web vulnerability testing,' or has explicit authorization to test a live web application.
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The skill exposes the agent to untrusted, user-generated content from public third-party sources, creating a risk of indirect prompt injection. This includes browsing arbitrary URLs, reading social media posts or forum comments, and analyzing content from unknown websites.
The web-pentest skill uses WebSearch and WebFetch tools to retrieve arbitrary web pages and search results during penetration testing.
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