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RCE, SQLi, XSS, LFI, SSRF, XXE, JWT, file upload and more

37 guides • 12 steps • Created Dec 28, 2025 • Updated Mar 29, 2026
37 guides

Bypassing Regex Restrictions

Techniques to bypass regex-based input validation in web apps, including pattern manipulation, encoding tricks, and edge cases to exploit filtering weaknesses.

Source Code Review for Web Vulnerabilities

Manually auditing web application source code to identify exploitable vulnerabilities including SQLi, XSS, SSRF, and insecure deserialization during exploitation phase.

SQL Injection Exploitation

Exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities to extract data, bypass authentication, and escalate privileges through malicious query manipulation in web applications.

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SSTI Exploitation

Exploit Server-Side Template Injection vulnerabilities to achieve RCE by identifying template engines, crafting payloads, and escaping sandbox restrictions.

Stored XSS Exploitation

Exploit stored XSS vulnerabilities in web apps by injecting persistent malicious scripts into HTTP/HTTPS endpoints to hijack sessions, exfiltrate data, or compromise users.

Subdomain Takeover

Exploit dangling DNS records pointing to unclaimed cloud/SaaS resources to hijack subdomains, serve malicious content, or steal session cookies.

Web Assessment Methodology

Techniques for exploiting web application vulnerabilities including authentication bypass, injection flaws, and logic errors targeting HTTP/HTTPS services.

WordPress Exploitation

Covers exploiting WordPress vulnerabilities including plugin/theme CVEs, xmlrpc abuse, credential attacks, and achieving RCE via malicious plugin uploads.

XSS Filter Bypass

Techniques for bypassing client-side and server-side XSS filters using encoding, obfuscation, polyglots, and DOM manipulation to achieve script execution.

XXE Exploitation

Exploit XML External Entity injection to read local files, perform SSRF, and achieve RCE via malicious DTD payloads in XML-parsing web applications.

Web exploitation takes confirmed vulnerabilities and turns them into impact. This covers the full range of web attacks: SQL injection (union, blind, error-based, time-based), cross-site scripting, server-side request forgery, server-side template injection, XXE, command injection, local and remote file inclusion, insecure deserialization, authentication bypass, and file upload abuse.

Each technique has its own tooling and methodology. sqlmap handles automated SQL injection, but manual union queries give you precision. SSTI payloads vary by template engine (Jinja2, Twig, Freemarker). XXE exploitation depends on parser behavior and whether out-of-band channels are available. File upload attacks chain with path traversal or webshell execution depending on server configuration.

The subpages walk through each vulnerability class from identification to achieving a shell, data access, or further pivot point into the target environment.