Tailored vulnerability tables¶
JavaScript-Based Web Apps (React/Angular/Vue)¶
Vulnerability |
Likelihood |
Impact |
Testing Focus |
Tools |
---|---|---|---|---|
DOM XSS |
40-60% |
High |
|
Burp DOM Invader, Manual JS Review |
JWT Misconfig |
30-50% |
Critical |
|
jwt_tool, Burp JWT Editor |
CORS Misconfig |
25-40% |
High |
Overly permissive |
cors-scanner, Burp |
Client-Side Logic Flaws |
20-35% |
Medium |
Price tampering, fake discounts |
Chrome DevTools, Manual Testing |
Prototype Pollution |
10-20% |
High |
|
PPFuzz, Manual JS Analysis |
Priority Order: DOM XSS → JWT → CORS → Client-Side Logic → Prototype Pollution.
Python Web Apps (Django/Flask)¶
Vulnerability |
Likelihood |
Impact |
Testing Focus |
Tools |
---|---|---|---|---|
SQLi |
15-30% |
Critical |
ORM bypass ( |
SQLmap, Manual Testing |
SSTI (Jinja2/Mako) |
10-25% |
High |
|
tplmap, Manual Probing |
Pickle RCE |
5-15% |
Critical |
|
Fickling, Manual Exploitation |
CSRF Bypass |
10-20% |
Medium |
Missing |
Burp CSRF PoC Generator |
Auth Bypass |
20-30% |
High |
Weak session management, password reset flaws |
Manual Testing, Hydra |
Priority Order: SQLi → SSTI → Auth Bypass → CSRF → Pickle RCE.
APIs (REST/GraphQL)¶
Vulnerability |
Likelihood |
Impact |
Testing Focus |
Tools |
---|---|---|---|---|
IDOR |
30-50% |
Critical |
|
Burp (Autorize), Manual Testing |
JWT Issues |
25-45% |
High |
Algorithm confusion, expired tokens |
jwt_tool, Burp Suite |
GraphQL Introspection Abuse |
20-35% |
Medium |
Exposed schemas, batch query attacks |
GraphQL Cop, InQL Scanner |
Rate-Limiting Bypass |
15-30% |
Medium |
Brute-force/login flooding |
Burp Intruder, custom scripts |
Mass Assignment |
10-25% |
High |
|
Manual Testing, Burp Repeater |
Priority Order: IDOR → JWT → GraphQL → Mass Assignment → Rate-Limiting.
Cloud Pipelines (CI/CD, Serverless)¶
Vulnerability |
Likelihood |
Impact |
Testing Focus |
Tools |
---|---|---|---|---|
Secrets in Logs/Env |
30-50% |
Critical |
AWS keys, DB creds in build logs |
TruffleHog, GitLeaks |
Over-Permissive IAM |
25-45% |
High |
AWS |
Pacu, AWS CLI |
CI/CD Code Injection |
15-30% |
Critical |
Malicious PRs triggering pipelines |
Manual Review, Semgrep |
Serverless SSRF |
10-25% |
High |
Lambda → AWS metadata API access |
Burp Collaborator, manual testing |
Unsecured Storage |
20-40% |
Medium |
Public S3 buckets, Azure blobs |
AWS S3 Scanner, manual checks |
Priority Order: Secrets → IAM → CI/CD Injection → SSRF → Storage.