Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025
2026-06-19T08:51:58Z•cc88becca987fcfe7bc1c38dbdd7bc69aade747af33f34a4983d3e0bcf7fb618
SAMLai-assisted-testingauthentication-bypassburp-extensionscache-poisoningcookie-parser-discrepancycookie-prefix-bypasscss-exfiltrationhttp-desynchttp1.1http2httponly-bypassjwt-forgerynamespace-confusionrace-conditionrequest-smugglingruby-samlsigned-token-forgeryssrfunicode-overflowurl-validation-bypasswaf-bypasswebsocket-testingxss
What happened
Collection of PortSwigger Research publications (2024–2026) documenting numerous practical, weaponisable web-security techniques and new tooling. Notable findings include parser-level SAML issues (attribute pollution and namespace confusion) that enable full authentication bypasses in Ruby/PHP SAML ecosystems (including chained attacks against GitLab), HTTP/1.1 desynchronisation and request-smuggling/desync exploitation capable of site takeover, multiple cookie-parser discrepancies that bypass __Host/__Secure prefixes and HttpOnly ("cookie sandwich"), cache-poisoning and SSRF/URL-validation-bu
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- Source ID
- portswigger_research
- Record identifier
- cc88becca987fcfe7bc1c38dbdd7bc69aade747af33f34a4983d3e0bcf7fb618
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-19T08:51:58Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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