13 Best Web Application Security Courses on Coursera
We compared 13 Web Application Security courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $79.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado System, University of California, Davis and University of Colorado Boulder. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 13
- Price range
- $9.99 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 13 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "web application security" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP
Offered by Coursera
By the end of this project, you will learn the fundamentals of how to use OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP). This tool greatly aids security professionals and penetration testers to discover vulnerabilities within web applica...
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Fundamentals of Computer Network Security
Offered by University of Colorado System
This specialization in intended for IT professionals, computer programmers, managers, IT security professionals who like to move up ladder, who are seeking to develop network system security skills. Through four courses,...
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Exploiting and Securing Vulnerabilities in Java Applications
Offered by University of California, Davis
In this course, we will wear many hats. With our Attacker Hats on, we will exploit Injection issues that allow us to steal data, exploit Cross Site Scripting issues to compromise a users browser, break authentication to...
$49.00listed price -
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Hacking and Patching
Offered by University of Colorado System
In this MOOC, you will learn how to hack web apps with command injection vulnerabilities in a web site of your AWS Linux instance. You will learn how to search valuable information on a typical Linux systems with LAMP se...
$79.00listed price -
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Security and Ethical Hacking
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This specialization is intended for computer scientists and engineers wishing to expand their technical expertise to the realm of Computing Security, with a broad skill-set and understanding of offensive Cybersecurity. R...
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Vulnerability Assessment and Management
Offered by Edureka
This program equips cybersecurity professionals, IT teams, and system administrators with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to identify, analyze, and remediate vulnerabilities across modern enterpris...
$49.00listed price -
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An Introduction to Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux
Offered by Packt
This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through th...
$49.00listed price -
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Hands-On Web App Pentesting
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
9
Ethical Hacking
Offered by LearnKartS
Practice ethical hacking concepts using real-world tools, guided labs, and simulated attack scenarios designed for beginners. This Ethical Hacking Specialization is suitable for those who want to become ethical hackers....
$49.00listed price -
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v.12
Offered by Packt
The Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v12 course is your comprehensive guide to mastering ethical hacking and cybersecurity. This program equips you to identify vulnerabilities, defend against threats, and secure digital in...
$49.00listed price -
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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book
Offered by Packt
This Specialization offers a structured journey through ethical hacking using Kali Linux, progressing from foundational concepts to advanced techniques. The first course introduces ethical hacking principles, lab setup,...
$49.00listed price -
12
The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
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Ethical Hacking Foundations and HTML Injection
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price
Best Web Application Security Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 13 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $69.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado System, University of California, Davis and University of Colorado Boulder — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.