Reporting is one of the most important phases, as patching all the issues wholly depends on the details presented in your report. The report must contain three key elements:
- The criticality of the bug
- The steps needed to reproduce the bug
- Patch suggestions
In summary, the pen test life cycle phases can be presented in the following way:
In the next section, we will talk about the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) and the two top CWEs.