Node.js Secure Coding: Prevention and Exploitation of Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Designed for JavaScript software developers building Node.js applications and security professionals interested in path traversal security vulnerabilities, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of the topic. It also demonstrates its impact and concerns on web application security.

Through insecure coding practices found in vulnerable open-source npm packages, this book examines the security aspects affecting JavaScript and Node.js applications.

By completing this book, you gain:

• A high level of security expertise on path traversal vulnerabilities.

• An expert-level understanding of application security jargon and conventions associated with path traversal security vulnerabilities.

• Insights into real-world software libraries on the npm registry found vulnerable and how vulnerabilities were fixed.

• A security-first mindset to recognize insecure code patterns in Node.js server-side code.

• Knowledge of secure coding best practices to avoid path traversal security vulnerabilities.

• Proficiency in performing secure code reviews in the scope of path traversal security vulnerabilities.