r/websecurityresearch
11k members
r/websecurityresearch is a subreddit with 11k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and news, and the community frequently discusses security, web, xss, rce, and vulnerabilities.
A community for sharing and discussing novel web security research.
Popular Themes in r/websecurityresearch
#1
Ideas
: "WebSocket Turbo Intruder: Unearthing the WebSocket Goldmine"
3 posts
#2
News
: "XSS-Leak: Leaking Cross-Origin Redirects"
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "We made a new tool, QuicDraw(H3), because HTTP/3 race condition testing is currently trash."
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "File Upload XSS using "video/mp2t" content-type on Safari/Chrome iOS"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/websecurityresearch
#1
Security
60 posts
#2
Web
31 posts
#3
Xss
: "Xss-Leak: Leaking Cross-Origin Redirects"
28 posts
#4
Rce
: "Write Path Traversal to a Rce Art Department"
28 posts
#5
Vulnerabilities
25 posts
#6
Exploiting
22 posts
#7
Exploit
17 posts
#8
Ssrf
: "Full-Blown Ssrf to Gain Access to Millions of Users’ Records and Multiple Internal Panels"
16 posts
#9
Remote Code Execution
16 posts
#10
Exploit Development
14 posts
Flair Used in r/websecurityresearch
#1
pending moderation
: "Web security used to be perimeter-based. Is that still true?"
2 posts
#2
reject: not novel technique
: "Eden-RAT——A lightweight remote access tool (RAT) designed for the initial stage of penetration testing"
2 posts
#3
reject: bad source
: "Exclusive: Home Depot exposed access to internal systems for a year, says researcher"
1 post
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Yearly
+1k members(12.1%)
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Last updated: August 28, 2026