I’ve been hunting access control bugs for over a decade, and let me tell you - they’re everywhere. When OWASP moved broken access control to #1 in 2025 and merged SSRF into this category, I wasn’t surprised. I was relieved that the security community finally caught up to what I’ve been seeing in the wild. 94% of applications tested have broken access control issues. That’s not a typo - it’s a security apocalypse hiding in plain sight. ...
I’ve been working with the OWASP Top 10 for years, and the 2025 update just dropped some major changes that every developer needs to understand. Supply chain attacks finally made it into the top 10 (as A03), and honestly, it’s about time. I’ve been seeing these attacks destroy companies for the past few years. Here’s the thing about OWASP Top 10 2025: it’s not just updating the old list - it’s completely rethinking modern threats. Security misconfiguration jumped from #5 to #2, and they merged SSRF into broken access control because that’s how attackers actually chain these vulnerabilities together. ...
🛡️ OWASP Top 10 2025 Series Complete guides to modern web application security vulnerabilities 📚 Complete Guide OWASP Top 10 2025: Complete Developer Guide Comprehensive overview of all vulnerabilities, rankings, and modern threat landscape 🎯 Individual Vulnerability Guides A01: Broken Access Control Includes SSRF A02: Security Misconfiguration Jumped to #2 A03: Software Supply Chain Coming Next A04: Cryptographic Failures Coming Soon A05: Injection Coming Soon A06: Vulnerable Components Coming Soon A07: Authentication Failures Coming Soon A08: Integrity Failures Coming Soon A09: Logging & Monitoring Coming Soon A10: Exception Handling Coming Soon 👨💻 Written by Carl Sampson • Security researcher with 15+ years experience • OWASP Indianapolis Chapter founder ...