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Scenario-based fuzzing test execution tool's scenario library.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/shfzlib
npm i shfzlib
Installation of Node.js, npm and shfz/shfz is required.
Setup npm project
$ mkdir fuzz-project
$ cd fuzz-project
$ npm init
$ npm install typescript @types/node shfzlib
$ touch tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "esnext",
"module": "commonjs",
"moduleResolution": "node",
"strict": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"declaration": true,
"pretty": true,
"newLine": "lf",
"outDir": "dist"
},
"exclude": [
"node_modules"
]
}
Edit fuzzing scenario script. (For this scenario, fuzz shfz/demo-webapp running in your local environment.)
$ touch scenario.ts
import { Shfzlib, Charset } from "shfzlib";
const sh = new Shfzlib("http://localhost");
(async () => {
const username = await sh.fuzz.gen("username", Charset.lowercase(), 12, 8, false);
const password = await sh.fuzz.gen("password", Charset.ascii(), 16, 8, false);
await sh.http.postForm("POST /register", "/register", { username, password });
await sh.http.postForm("POST /login", "/login", { username, password });
const title = await sh.fuzz.gen("title", Charset.lowercase(), 16, 8, false);
const text = await sh.fuzz.gen("text", Charset.ascii(), 16, 8, false);
await sh.http.postForm("POST /memo", "/memo", { title, text });
await sh.http.done();
})();
Run shfz/demo-webapp and shfz server, then execute scenario script by shfz run.
$ cd demo-webapp
$ docker-compose up
$ shfz server
$ ./node_modules/.bin/tsc scenario.ts
$ shfz run -f scenario.js -n 10 -p 1 -t 30
import { Shfzlib, Charset } from "shfzlib";
Shfzlib contains http request function and fuzz generate function. char contains some typical character sets.
const sh = new Shfzlib("http://localhost");
Create an instance of Shfzlib. The argument is baseURL of the web application to be fuzzng.
The session information for a series of http requests is stored in the AxiosInstance. (The cookie is held by axios-cookiejar-support)
fl.fuzzsh.fuzz.gen("username", Charset.lowercase(), 12, 8, false);
gen(name: string, charset: string, maxLen?: number, minLen?: number, isGenetic?: boolean): Promise<string>;
If isGenetic of sh.fuzz.gen is true and the trace library is installed in the web application, fuzz will be generated by the genetic algorithm.
sh.httpThis library is an extension of axios, and in many cases allows you to add the same options as in axios. Please refer TypeScript type information for details.
Note : In this script, async/await is used. These http requests need to be wrapped with async.
sh.http.get("API Name", "/path");
get(name: string, url: string, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
sh.http.post("API Name", "/path", { "param": param });
post(name: string, url: string, data?: any, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
sh.http.postForm("API Name", "/path", { "param": param });
postForm(name: string, url: string, data?: any, config?: AxiosRequestConfig):Promise;
sh.http.put("API Name", "/path", { "param": param });
put(name: string, url: string, data?: any, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
sh.http.patch("API Name", "/path", { "param": param });
patch(name: string, url: string, data?: any, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
sh.http.delete("API Name", "/path");
delete(name: string, url: string, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
sh.http.head("API Name", "/path");
head(name: string, url: string, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
sh.http.options("API Name", "/path");
options(name: string, url: string, config?: AxiosRequestConfig): Promise<AxiosResponse>;
You need to call await sh.http.done(); to aggregate the errors when all http requests are finished.
You need to call await sh.http.error("error message"); to record custom errors such as whether the response contains certain characters.
Example) check username is in response
import * as c from "cheerio";
...
let $ = c.load(res.data);
if($('p[id="user"]').text() !== username) {
await sh.http.error("No username in response");
};
Charset.ascii() : !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~Charset.symbol() : !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_{|}~`Charset.number() : 0123456789Charset.lowercase() : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzCharset.uppercase() : ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZThe scenario is written in Javascript and Typescript, any npm package can be installed.
Here's a digest of the recommended npm packages and how to use them.
import * as c from "cheerio";
...
let res = await sh.http.postForm("login api", "/login", { username, password });
let $ = c.load(res.data);
if($('p[id="user"]').text() !== username) {
await sh.http.error("No username in response");
};
import * as c from "cheerio";
const totp = require("totp-generator");
...
// get totp_secret by cheerio
let res = await sh.http.postForm("register api", "/register", { username, password });
let $ = c.load(res.data);
let totp_secret = $('p[id="totp"]').text();
await sh.http.get("/logout");
// generate one time password by totp package
const one_time_password = totp(totp_secret)
// login with one time password
await sh.http.postForm("login api", "/login", { username, password, totp: one_time_password });
import * as c from "cheerio";
...
// get csrf_token
let res = await fl.http.get("register page", "/register");
let $ = c.load(res.data);
let csrf_token = $('input[name="csrf_token"]').val()
// POST register form with csrf_token
await fl.http.postForm("register api", "/register", { username, password, csrf_token: csrf_token });
FAQs
Scenario-based fuzzing test execution tool's scenario library
We found that shfzlib demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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