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Finding LLM Jailbreaks with Burp Suite

This guide shows how to integrate Promptfoo's application-level jailbreak creation with Burp Suite's Intruder feature for security testing of LLM-powered applications.

The end result is a Burp Suite Intruder configuration that can be used to test for LLM jailbreak vulnerabilities.

Burp Suite Intruder

(In the above example, we've jailbroken the OpenAI API directly to return an unhinged response.)

Overview​

Burp Suite integration allows you to:

  1. Generate adversarial test cases using Promptfoo's red teaming capabilities
  2. Export these test cases in a format compatible with Burp Intruder
  3. Use the test cases as payloads in Burp Suite for security testing

Prerequisites​

  • Burp Suite Community Edition or Professional Edition
  • Promptfoo installed (npm install -g promptfoo)

Configuration Steps​

Option 1: Using the Web UI​

If you've already run an evaluation with test cases, you can export them directly from the web UI:

  1. Open the evaluation results in your browser
  2. Click the "Evaluation Actions" > "Download" menu in the top right
  3. Under "Advanced Options", click "Download Burp Suite Payloads"

This will generate a .burp file containing all unique test inputs from your evaluation, with proper JSON escaping and URL encoding.

Burp Suite export

Option 2: Using the Command Line​

First, generate adversarial test cases and export them in Burp format:

promptfoo redteam generate -o payloads.burp --burp-escape-json
tip

The --burp-escape-json flag is important when your payloads will be inserted into JSON requests. It ensures that special characters are properly escaped to maintain valid JSON syntax.

Import into Burp Intruder​

  1. In Burp Suite, intercept a request to your LLM-powered endpoint
  2. Right-click and select "Send to Intruder"
  3. In the Intruder tab:
    • Set attack type (usually "Sniper" or "Pitchfork")
    • Mark the injection points where you want to test the payloads
    • Go to the "Payloads" tab
    • Click "Load" and select your payloads.burp file
  4. Under "Payload processing", enable URL-decoding (promptfoo's .burp output is URL-encoded to support multi-line payloads)

Burp Intruder LLM red teaming configuration

Example Configuration​

Here's an example of generating targeted test cases. In promptfooconfig.yaml:

redteam:
  plugins:
    - harmful
  strategies:
    - jailbreak
    - jailbreak:composite
    - prompt-injection

Generate Burp-compatible payloads:

promptfoo redteam generate -o payloads.burp --burp-escape-json

This will create a file with payloads ready for use in Burp Intruder.