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