Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025

2026-07-29T08:51:48Z1d8657ccdf3a0bce621c5894c17163b2cea78560015900bcac85c99de123a14f
CSP-bypassCSS-exfiltrationHTTP-desynchronizationHTTP-request-smugglingHttpOnly-bypassIDORJWTSAMLSSRFURL-validation-bypassVS-CodeXSSaccess-controlauthentication-bypasscookie-securityparser-discrepancyrace-conditionruby-samlsecurity-testing-toolsweb-application-securityweb-cache-poisoningweb-security-research

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PortSwigger Research feed aggregating web-security research published primarily during 2024–2026. Topics include SAML authentication bypasses, HTTP request smuggling and desynchronization, cookie-prefix and HttpOnly bypasses, CSS/XSS data exfiltration, SSRF and URL-validation bypasses, cache poisoning, parser discrepancies, race conditions, access-control flaws, and security testing tooling. The most severe highlighted findings include potential unauthenticated administrative access through ruby-saml parser inconsistencies and broad HTTP/1.1 desynchronization risks. The document is a research/

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