Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025

2026-07-08T20:51:53Z7351e8906d231ed87aeab0700bcd2dc7a8a13e816307f216b8226a30069318de
CORSCSS-exfiltrationHTTP-desyncJWT-forgerySAMLSSRFURL-validation-bypassWAF-bypassWebSocketXSS__Host-__Secureauthentication-bypassburp-suitecookiesexploit-researchhttponly-cookie-bypassintrusion-testingrace-conditionsrequest-smugglingtoolingweb-security

What happened

Collection of PortSwigger Research posts (2024–2026) describing numerous practical and novel web-application attack techniques and tooling. Key highlights include parser-level SAML authentication bypasses (full auth bypasses in Ruby/PHP SAML stacks and chained attacks enabling unauthenticated admin access on GitLab), HTTP desynchronisation/request-smuggling research (including HTTP/1.1 desync ‘endgame’ and TRACE-assisted desync exploitation), cookie-prefix and HttpOnly cookie bypass techniques, CSS/inline-style exfiltration methods, WebSocket fuzzing/exploitation tooling, JWT forging tooling (

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7351e8906d231ed87aeab0700bcd2dc7a8a13e816307f216b8226a30069318de
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2026-07-08T20:51:53Z
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