Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2024

Summary: PortSwigger Research published its 18th annual Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques list for 2024, drawn from 121 community nominations that were filtered to 103 entries and then narrowed to fifteen finalists by community vote. An expert panel including Nicolas Grégoire, Soroush Dalili, STÖK, Fabian (LiveOverflow) and James Kettle ranked the finalists, with Orange Tsai's Confusion Attacks on Apache HTTP Server taking first place and CVE-2024-4367 in PDF.js the rare patched CVE to make the list at seventh.
Why it matters: The list names techniques that bypass controls many teams treat as settled - DoubleClickjacking defeats framing restrictions and SameSite cookies, and Cookie Tossing still works despite HttpOnly and SameSite - so assumptions about which browser defenses hold deserve a fresh look.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
Mentions: CVE-2024-4367
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