XSSpecter
Peer-reviewed conference paper
Research
I investigate web, API, and browser security through authorized testing, independent research, tooling, and public technical writing.
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The lens surfaces papers, tools, notes, and labs without exposing private targets, payloads, or report material.
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Older writing is preserved in its original context and clearly marked as archival material.
A controlled challenge analysis covering SSRF-assisted file access, upload validation, and command-execution reasoning.
An analysis of referrer behavior, Unicode normalization, and the final cross-site scripting chain.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.
A public solution and reasoning trail for the October 2021 XSS challenge.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.
A prototype-pollution and DOM-XSS challenge analysis involving jquery-deparam and a Google Analytics gadget.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.
An analysis of predictable CSRF behavior, parsing quirks, iframe behavior, and SameSite cookie considerations.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.
An early personal account of entering cybersecurity and learning through bug bounty programs.
Originally published in 2021 and preserved as a historical account.
The story of an early private-program bounty and a reflected-XSS issue in a JavaScript string context.
Originally published in 2021 and preserved as a historical account.
A web-enumeration and privilege-escalation lab spanning local file inclusion, uploads, SSH keys, and tar behavior.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.
A reverse-engineering lab using strings, Ghidra, Immunity Debugger, and binary patching.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.
A practical note on consistently reshaping requests with Burp Suite match-and-replace rules.
Originally published in 2021; tools and platform behavior may have changed.