Building Effective Burp Suite Extensions

Guide to creating custom Burp Suite extensions for enhanced security testing, including lessons from building Re-inspector.

Published: 12/15/20239 min read
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Building Effective Burp Suite Extensions

Building Burp Suite Extensions

Creating effective Burp Suite extensions can significantly enhance your security testing capabilities. Here are lessons learned from developing Re-inspector and other security tools.

Extension Development Best Practices

Focus on solving specific testing challenges and automate repetitive tasks. Ensure your extension integrates well with existing Burp functionality and provides clear value to users.

Well-designed Burp extensions can streamline security testing workflows and improve testing efficiency. Consider open-sourcing useful extensions to benefit the security community.