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Web Security Academy
@WebSecAcademy
Free web security training from @PortSwigger
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    Mar 24, 2025
    What is HTTP Downgrading, why use it, and how does it work? HTTP/2 is default for most web apps these days, however, it's not uncommon for backend servers to still use HTTP/1.1 causing parsing mismatches between frontend and backend. And that's where HTTP downgrading comes in!
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    Aug 17, 2025
    How to deliver reflected XSS via HTTP request smuggling vulnerability! 👇 Try this Practitioner lab now: portswigger.net/web-security/r…
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    Jun 29, 2020
    We’ve added a brand new topic on insecure deserialization, with 10 new labs. portswigger.net/web-security/d…
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    Web Security Academy
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    Dec 16, 2019
    Who wants to win a @Burp_Suite hoodie? We'll be launching a brand new Web Security Academy topic later today, including 13 new labs. portswigger.net/web-security
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    Web Security Academy
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    Sep 17, 2019
    The Web Security Academy already covers XSS, SQLi, CSRF, SSRF, XXE, OS command injection, directory traversal., and HTTP request smuggling. We’ll be adding more topics very soon. portswigger.net/web-security
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    Apr 11, 2025
    How to use Burp Suite's "Decoder" for URL-encoding. (plus a much easier way to do it)
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    Sep 27, 2019
    Our brand new XSS cheat sheet is now live, with hundreds of modern vectors, developed by @garethheyes portswigger.net/web-security/c…
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    Web Security Academy
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    May 29, 2019
    We've added a huge new topic, on XXE (XML external entity) injection. Lots of new content and 9 new labs! portswigger.net/web-security/x…
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    Aug 13, 2025
    How to manually check for CL.TE Request Smuggling Vulnerabilities: 1️⃣ See if a GET request accepts POST 2️⃣ See if it accepts HTTP/1 3️⃣ Disable "Update Content-Length" 4️⃣ Send with CL & TE headers: POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: <HOST-URL> Content-Length: 6 Transfer-Encoding: chunked 0
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    Web Security Academy
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    Aug 7, 2019
    We've added a topic on HTTP request smuggling. There are 12 labs where you can learn about this brand new vulnerability. portswigger.net/web-security/r…
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    Mar 25, 2025
    HTTP Request Smuggling Lab Walkthrough: Confirming a CL.TE vulnerability via differential responses. How to identify CLTE Vulnerabilities: 1. Send request to repeater 2. Downgrade protocol to HTTP/1.1 3. Disable "Update Content-Length" 4. Set Content-Length to 6 5. Add
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    Web Security Academy
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    Jun 21, 2019
    We've added a brand new topic, on SSRF (server-side request forgery). New learning content and labs. Have fun! portswigger.net/web-security/s…
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    Web Security Academy
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    Sep 23, 2019
    We've added a brand new topic on testing for #WebSockets vulnerabilities, including three new labs. portswigger.net/web-security/w…