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Tenable BurpGPT


March 14, 2024
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Web application security testing is a critical but time-consuming process that requires significant manual effort from security researchers and developers. Identifying vulnerabilities in the complex attack surface of modern web apps is challenging. While automated tools like Tenable's Web App Scanning product provide comprehensive vulnerability scanning, there is always room for innovation. Enter Tenable BurpGPT - a powerful new Burp Suite extension that leverages OpenAI's advanced language models to analyze HTTP traffic and identify potential security risks, reducing manual testing efforts.

What is Tenable BurpGPT?

Tenable BurpGPT is an extension for Burp Suite, a popular web application testing tool. It integrates the power of OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models into the Burp Suite workflow, enabling automated analysis of HTTP requests and responses. By leveraging AI, BurpGPT can identify common web app vulnerabilities, suggest potential fixes, and help researchers discover novel exploitation techniques.

How Does it Work?

BurpGPT utilizes Burp's proxy feature to intercept HTTP traffic between the browser and web server. It then sends this traffic data, along with optional researcher prompts, to the OpenAI API. The AI models analyze the data to identify security risks, injection points, misconfigurations, and more. BurpGPT presents the AI-generated insights and recommendations back in a user-friendly interface within Burp Suite.

Key Features

  • Automated analysis of HTTP requests and responses using GPT-3.5 and GPT-4

  • Identification of common web app vulnerabilities like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

  • Detection of security misconfigurations in HTTP headers

  • Recommendations for potential fixes and mitigations

  • Ability for researchers to provide custom prompts to focus the AI analysis

  • User-friendly integration into the Burp Suite interface

Who Can Use Tenable BurpGPT?

Tenable BurpGPT is a valuable tool for:

  • Security researchers looking to augment their manual testing efforts

  • Web application developers who want to identify and fix vulnerabilities early

  • Penetration testers and bug bounty hunters aiming to uncover novel exploit techniques

  • Anyone interested in learning more about web application security testing

How to Install Tenable BurpGPT?

Installing BurpGPT is straightforward:

  1. Download the BurpGPT extension file and Jython standalone JAR

  2. Configure Burp Suite to use the Jython JAR in the Python Environment options

  3. Add the BurpGPT extension in Burp's Extender > Extensions tab

How to Use Tenable BurpGPT?

Using BurpGPT is a simple 5-step process:

  1. Select a domain from your Burp HTTP history

  2. Provide an optional prompt to focus the AI analysis

  3. Enter your OpenAI API key

  4. Choose GPT-4 or GPT-3.5 Turbo

  5. Click "Analyze" and review the AI-generated insights

Bottom Line

Tenable BurpGPT is a powerful new addition to any web application security researcher's toolkit. By harnessing the advanced capabilities of OpenAI's language models, BurpGPT can dramatically reduce manual testing efforts while uncovering potential vulnerabilities and novel exploit techniques. As an open-source and easy-to-use Burp Suite extension, BurpGPT makes cutting-edge AI-assisted security testing accessible to researchers, developers, and pentesters alike.

Ref:

https://github.com/tenable/Burp-extension-for-GPT

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