In-depth guides, tutorials, and techniques for penetration testers and security researchers.
Master cross-site scripting with 60+ XSS payloads. Learn reflected, stored, and DOM-based XSS techniques, filter bypass methods, and real-world exploitation strategies.
Complete reverse shell reference with one-liners for Bash, Python, PHP, PowerShell, Node.js, Go, and 20+ more languages. Includes listener setup and shell stabilization.
Learn how to test for SQL injection vulnerabilities. Covers boolean-based, time-based, UNION-based, and error-based techniques for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, and Oracle.
Deep dive into Server-Side Request Forgery. Learn IP bypass techniques, cloud metadata extraction from AWS/GCP/Azure, protocol smuggling, and filter evasion.
Comprehensive guide to JWT security testing. Covers none algorithm, algorithm confusion (RS256→HS256), JWK injection, KID manipulation, and weak secret detection.
Learn proven WAF bypass techniques including multi-layer encoding, chunked transfer encoding, case manipulation, comment injection, and HTTP parameter pollution to evade web application firewalls.
Complete guide to file upload vulnerability testing. Learn to bypass extension filters, content-type checks, magic byte validation, and achieve remote code execution through unrestricted file uploads.
Master Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) exploitation across Jinja2, Twig, Freemarker, Velocity, and more. Learn detection, identification, and RCE techniques for every major template engine.
Master OS command injection with payloads for blind detection, out-of-band data exfiltration, filter bypass techniques, and platform-specific exploitation for Linux and Windows.
Complete guide to NoSQL injection attacks. Learn MongoDB operator injection, authentication bypass, data exfiltration, JavaScript injection, and exploitation techniques for CouchDB, Cassandra, and other NoSQL databases.
Learn LDAP injection techniques including authentication bypass, blind LDAP injection, filter manipulation, and data extraction. Complete cheat sheet with 40+ payloads for penetration testers.
Complete IDOR testing methodology for bug bounty hunters. Learn parameter tampering, UUID predictability analysis, horizontal and vertical privilege escalation, and automated IDOR detection techniques.
Master race condition exploitation in web applications. Learn TOCTOU attacks, limit bypass techniques, double-spend vulnerabilities, and parallel request methods using curl and Turbo Intruder.
Complete guide to XPath injection attacks including authentication bypass, blind XPath injection, data extraction from XML databases, and XPath 2.0 exploitation techniques with practical payloads.
Complete guide to exploiting CORS misconfigurations. Learn origin reflection, null origin attacks, subdomain wildcard abuse, credential theft, and internal network pivoting with practical exploitation scripts.
Walk through a fictional 5-stage CTF challenge — from recon to root — using nothing but Payload Playground tools. Covers dork generation, header analysis, JWT exploitation, SQL injection, SSTI, encoding pipelines, and reverse shells.
Complete guide to prototype pollution exploitation in JavaScript. Learn client-side DOM clobbering, server-side Node.js RCE via gadget chains, AST injection, and bypassing sanitization libraries.
Complete GraphQL security testing guide. Learn introspection enumeration, batching attacks, deep query DoS, field suggestion exploitation, injection via GraphQL arguments, and bypassing depth and rate limiters.