WGU D385 LOGGING AND SECURITY
ISSUES OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTRY
ANALYZED ANSWERS (ACTUAL EXAM)
ALREADY GRADED A+ LATEST 2024 – 2025
What kind of defects does Static Analysis find? - ANSWERS-- XSS
- SQLi
- configuration mistakes
- patch errors
- vulnerabilities introduced in the runtime environment
3 Phase Approach that optimizes the use of Static Analysis Tools? - ANSWERS--
run all available code analysis tools
- look for common vulnerability patterns
,- dig deep into risky code
XML External Entity Attacks - ANSWERS-- XXE
- when attackers exploit an XML parser to read arbitrary files on your server
- attackers might also be able to read config files, retrieve user information
Insecure Deserialization - ANSWERS-- serialization is the conversion of an object in
a programming language is saved into a format that can be saved to a database
- DEserialization is when a serialized object is read from a file or the network and
converted back into an object
- INSECURE DESERIALIZATION occurs when an attacker can manipulate the
serialized object and achieve authentication bypass, DOS, or arbitrary code
execution
Injection Attacks - ANSWERS-- when an application cannot properly distinguish
between untrusted user data and code
- typically allows for arbitrary code execution
What are some common debugging techniques? - ANSWERS-- printing out values
of variables
- changing the state ("path") of the program to make it do different things
- stepping through the execution of a program line by line
- breakpoints
, - trace points
- stopping the program at certain events
- viewing the output of a program in a debugger window
What are some Python debugging tools? - ANSWERS-- pdb: most commonly used
- Web-PDB
- wdb
- Pyflame
- objgraph
SQL Injection Attack Mitigation - ANSWERS-- use parameterized statements
Log Injection Attack Mitigation - ANSWERS-- prefixing log entries with meta-data
(i.e. timestamp)
- validate the entry before accessing or opening
Sensitive Data Leaks - ANSWERS-- occurs when an application fails to properly
protect sensitive information
- this typically occurs through descriptive response headers, descriptive error
messages with stack traces or database error messages, or revealing comments in
HTML files
ISSUES OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTRY
ANALYZED ANSWERS (ACTUAL EXAM)
ALREADY GRADED A+ LATEST 2024 – 2025
What kind of defects does Static Analysis find? - ANSWERS-- XSS
- SQLi
- configuration mistakes
- patch errors
- vulnerabilities introduced in the runtime environment
3 Phase Approach that optimizes the use of Static Analysis Tools? - ANSWERS--
run all available code analysis tools
- look for common vulnerability patterns
,- dig deep into risky code
XML External Entity Attacks - ANSWERS-- XXE
- when attackers exploit an XML parser to read arbitrary files on your server
- attackers might also be able to read config files, retrieve user information
Insecure Deserialization - ANSWERS-- serialization is the conversion of an object in
a programming language is saved into a format that can be saved to a database
- DEserialization is when a serialized object is read from a file or the network and
converted back into an object
- INSECURE DESERIALIZATION occurs when an attacker can manipulate the
serialized object and achieve authentication bypass, DOS, or arbitrary code
execution
Injection Attacks - ANSWERS-- when an application cannot properly distinguish
between untrusted user data and code
- typically allows for arbitrary code execution
What are some common debugging techniques? - ANSWERS-- printing out values
of variables
- changing the state ("path") of the program to make it do different things
- stepping through the execution of a program line by line
- breakpoints
, - trace points
- stopping the program at certain events
- viewing the output of a program in a debugger window
What are some Python debugging tools? - ANSWERS-- pdb: most commonly used
- Web-PDB
- wdb
- Pyflame
- objgraph
SQL Injection Attack Mitigation - ANSWERS-- use parameterized statements
Log Injection Attack Mitigation - ANSWERS-- prefixing log entries with meta-data
(i.e. timestamp)
- validate the entry before accessing or opening
Sensitive Data Leaks - ANSWERS-- occurs when an application fails to properly
protect sensitive information
- this typically occurs through descriptive response headers, descriptive error
messages with stack traces or database error messages, or revealing comments in
HTML files
