⚠️ Important: If using admin credentials, it is recommended to exercise caution
💡Tip: Record in an incognito tab, using Developer Tools on the latest version of Google Chrome.
💡Tip: Start the recording on a blank tab before you visit the webpage
ℹ️ Note: If your login button is accessible via hover, you'll need to start the recording from the login page itself.
Benefits of using recorded login
Can be used for form-based, session-based, and header-based authentication
Supports web apps with SSO (excluding Google SSO – due to MFA being enforced)
Supports apps where authentication is handled by a different domain
How to generate the file
Open an incognito window in Google Chrome
Go to your target domain (in this case, we're using intruder.io)
Click on the settings icon (ellipsis) in the top right corner > click
More tools>Developer tools:
If you don't have
Recorderin the top navigation, click the ellipses (...) >More tools>Recorder
Click
Create a new recording:Give the file a name (in this case, we've chosen 'Login file 1' > Hit
Start recording:
Log in using the credentials of your chosen user (make sure it's not an admin). If you have any cookie warnings, make sure to accept them before logging in, too!
Once you've logged in, hit
End recording:
At this point, we highly recommend replaying the recording in an incognito window to ensure that it worked as expected. To do that, just open a new incognito window, ellipses> More tools > Developer tools > Recorder (as above). Once there, you should see your file > Press play.
Once you're happy with the recording, you can export as JSON:
How to upload the file
Click Add authentication:
Select 'Recorded Login' (top one):
Fill in the details, upload the file > hit Save and verify authentication.
Verifying the authentication
In progress
Before you get any responses, it'll look like this:
Complete
Given how nuanced apps are, we don't presume the accuracy of authentication – instead, we show you what the scanner encountered and allow you to decide whether it has worked or not (the screenshot in particular is helpful, as you can use that to gauge if the scanner can access pages behind the login).
You could get any combination of results, here are just a few:
Managing authentication(s)
Once you've completed this information, you will see the authentication appear under the Authentications tab.
To disable an authentication
Click ... > Disable:
And the modal will update to this:
To re-enable, just click the ellipsis again > Enable:
To check the status of the authentication
Click the ellipsis > Check status:
The next modal to pop up will be this one, where you can confirm the authentication, edit the details, or close the modal and disable the authentication.
