E-Commerce
Penetration Testing

Secure your online store, protect customer payment data, and prevent fraud. We help e-commerce businesses find and fix vulnerabilities in checkout flows, user accounts, and product management systems before attackers exploit them.

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Security Challenges in E-Commerce

Online retail platforms face constant threats targeting payments, customer data, and business logic.

Payment Flow Vulnerabilities

Checkout processes, payment gateway integrations, and tokenization systems are prime targets. Price manipulation, coupon abuse, and payment bypass attacks can result in direct financial loss.

Account Takeover

Credential stuffing, password reset flaws, and session hijacking allow attackers to access customer accounts, steal payment methods, and place fraudulent orders.

Customer Data Exposure

E-commerce platforms store names, addresses, payment details, and order histories. SQL injection, insecure APIs, and misconfigured databases can expose this data at scale.

Business Logic Flaws

Coupon stacking, inventory manipulation, price tampering, and discount abuse exploit flaws in how your application processes orders. These issues can't be found by automated scanners.

Third-Party Integrations

Payment processors, shipping APIs, inventory systems, and marketing tools create a complex supply chain. Each integration point is a potential entry for attackers.

PCI DSS Compliance

Any business that processes, stores, or transmits cardholder data must meet PCI DSS requirements, including regular penetration testing of the cardholder data environment.

How We Help E-Commerce Businesses

Targeted security assessments designed for the e-commerce threat landscape.

Web Application Testing

Deep manual testing of your storefront, admin panel, checkout flow, and customer account management. We target authentication, authorization, payment logic, and session management following OWASP WSTG methodology.

API Security Testing

Assessment of product catalog APIs, order processing endpoints, payment integrations, and inventory management interfaces. We test for broken authorization, data exposure, and rate limiting gaps aligned with the OWASP API Top 10.

Mobile App Testing

Security evaluation of iOS and Android shopping apps. We assess local data storage, payment information handling, certificate pinning, and backend API communication to prevent data leakage and fraud.

External Network Testing

Black-box assessment of your internet-facing infrastructure including web servers, CDN configurations, DNS, and email systems to identify entry points visible to external attackers.

Why E-Commerce Penetration Testing Matters

Most e-commerce compromises are quiet. An attacker replays a cart request with the price field edited and checks out a $400 order for $4. A script stacks three single-use promo codes because the discount logic validates each one in isolation. A credential-stuffing run against your login endpoint lands on a few hundred reused passwords, and those accounts ship real goods to new addresses using saved payment methods. None of it trips an alert. It surfaces weeks later as chargebacks, inventory that will not reconcile, and a card brand asking questions.

We test your store the way someone committing fraud would use it, not the way a crawler indexes it. That means authenticated testing across every role that touches an order — guest shopper, registered customer, store administrator — through the full order lifecycle: cart, discount and tax calculation, payment authorization, refund, and post-purchase order modification, run against test payment credentials or an isolated staging copy so nothing reaches a real processor. Around the storefront we assess the product catalog, order, and payment APIs against the OWASP API Top 10; the iOS and Android shopping apps for payment data left in local storage and missing certificate pinning; and the external perimeter of web servers, CDN configuration, DNS, and email. The methodology is platform-agnostic across Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, and custom builds, because the findings that cost money live in your checkout logic and your integrations, not the vendor core.

You get an experienced tester on the engagement instead of a scan result, a report that ranks findings by fraud and financial impact and gives your QSA the evidence required for PCI DSS Requirement 11.4, and a free retest within 30 days to confirm the fixes hold. We work with organizations across the Charlotte, NC area and nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does an e-commerce penetration test cost?

E-commerce penetration testing starts at $3,500 for a web application test covering your storefront, checkout, and admin panel. PCI ASV scanning starts at $3,000, and external network penetration testing starts at $3,500. Final pricing depends on the number of user roles, storefronts, and integrations in scope. Get a free, scoped quote within 24 hours.

Can you test our live checkout flow without affecting real orders?

Yes. We work with your team to use test payment credentials, sandbox environments, or isolated staging systems so we can fully assess the checkout and payment flow without processing real transactions or affecting customers.

Do you test for price manipulation and coupon abuse?

Absolutely. Business logic testing is a core part of our e-commerce assessments. We test for price tampering in cart and checkout flows, coupon stacking exploits, discount bypass, and inventory manipulation — issues automated scanners miss entirely.

Does this help with PCI DSS compliance?

Yes. Our reports are structured to provide the evidence your QSA needs for PCI DSS Requirement 11.4, including scope validation, methodology documentation, and proof of remediation through our complimentary retest within 30 days.

What e-commerce platforms do you have experience with?

We test custom-built platforms as well as sites built on Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, and other frameworks. Our methodology is platform-agnostic — we focus on the security of your specific implementation, integrations, and custom code.

How quickly can you start?

We can typically begin within 24 hours of receiving signed authorization and access credentials. We coordinate testing windows with your team to minimize any impact on peak traffic periods.

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