Firebug

Firebug (https://getfirebug.com/) is a Firefox extension commonly used by developers to detect errors during the execution of web applications. But it can also be used to assess applications and understand abnormal behaviors. Currently, Firebug is included in Firefox's Developer edition by default. To access it, you just need to do a right-click on a website and select Inspect Element, as shown in the following screenshot:

The browser will show the frontend code and analyze it:

Firebug is very useful in exploiting vulnerabilities, such ...

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