Modifying and Building Burp Extensions Quick Reference

ModifyAndBuildingBurpExtensions.md

Quick Reference

This section is a boiled down version of everything above. It should serve as an easy reference. These steps assume you've identified and installed the correct JDK.

Modify and Re-Jar Extension

1. Locate the jar file: Extender > Extensions > Select extension > Details. bapps\ directory is located at C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\BurpSuite\bapps
2. Backup the original jar file to a different folder, outside of bapps.
3. Change extension from .jar to .zip, extract contents, delete .zip file
4. Make your modifications
5. Re-jar: jar cvf yourJarName.jar -C extractedContentsDirectory/ .
6. Reload extension in Burp: Extender > Extensions, uncheck Load and check it again

Compile Extension from Source

1. Clone or download extension source code
2. Make your modifications, and create build location
3. Compile source code: javac -cp "C:\Program Files\BurpSuitePro\burpsuite_pro.jar" -d buildLocation sourceCodeLocation\*.java
4. Create Jar: jar cvf yourJarName.jar buildLocation/*.class anyOtherDependencies1 anyOtherDependencies2
5. Load Jar into Burp: Extender > Extensions, Add, Extension type Java and locate built jar, Next, Close
6. Disable original version of extension from BApp store