Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025
2026-07-21T08:51:53Z•08cc085ef147c34b246d113a971418274fef60ac3df2051a17317ccdb6ac45eb
Burp-extensionsCSS-exfiltrationHTTP-desyncHttpOnly-bypassJWT-forgerySAMLSSRFSignSaboteurURL-validation-bypassWAF-bypassWebSocketXSSauthentication-bypasscookie-prefix-bypasscookiesrequest-smugglingsecurity-researchtiming-attacksweb-cache-exploitationweb-security
What happened
Collection of PortSwigger Research posts (including the Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2025) aggregating high-impact web-security research from 2024–2026. Notable findings include parser-level SAML authentication bypasses (full auth bypass in Ruby/PHP SAML ecosystems), HTTP/1.1 desynchronisation attacks enabling site takeover, request smuggling/pipelining distinctions and exploit techniques (including TRACE-assisted desync), cookie prefix and HttpOnly bypass techniques, CSS-based data exfiltration, JWT forging tooling (SignSaboteur), URL validation/SSRF/WAF bypasses, WebSocket testing gaps,,
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- portswigger_research
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- 08cc085ef147c34b246d113a971418274fef60ac3df2051a17317ccdb6ac45eb
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-21T08:51:53Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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