Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025

2026-06-23T20:51:54Zf11baeeb8d1a0051bde89a21d0e895668c115c98863e762f4f6cf818ead247a3
HTTP-desyncSAMLai-assisted-testingauthentication-bypasscache-poisoningcookie-bypasscss-exfiltrationhttponly-cookie-theftjwt-forgeryrequest-smugglingresearchtoolingwaf-bypassweb-application-securitywebsocket-security

What happened

PortSwigger Research feed listing numerous web-application security publications (Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2025 and related posts). Includes high-impact research and tooling covering parser/protocol discrepancies and exploitation techniques—examples: SAML parser namespace/attribute pollution leading to full authentication bypasses (Ruby/PHP SAML), HTTP/1.1 desynchronisation and request-smuggling exploitation, cookie-prefix and HttpOnly bypasses, CSS-based data exfiltration, JWT signing/forgery tooling, WebSocket analysis, cache exploitation, and several AI/extension releases for Burp (

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