Research Worth Reading Week 25/2025

Published: 23 Jun 2025

Go parsers, Funky Chunks, Template injections... What a week!

📦 Funky Chunks: Abusing Ambiguous Chunk-Line Terminators for Request Smuggling

A great post. If you can only read one thing this week, read this one. Solid research that will probably be leveraged in a lot of attacks in the near future: Funky Chunks: Abusing Ambiguous Chunk-Line Terminators for Request Smuggling.

🐹 Unexpected Security Footguns in Go’s Parsers

That's the kind of article I love, sharing details of parser quirks in Golang. Definitely worth a read. If you are into Go, read it; if you are not, read it anyway and apply the ideas to your favorite language: Unexpected Security Footguns in Go’s Parsers.

💣 Is b For Backdoor? Pre-Auth RCE Chain in Sitecore Experience Platform

WatchTowr is back! Another C# application and more great bugs, all described in a detailed post: Is b For Backdoor? Pre-Auth RCE Chain in Sitecore Experience Platform.

😴 Sleepless Strings – Template Injection in Insomnia

The team at TantoSec is back and shares a cool bug against Kong's Insomnia. The rundown of the attempts to fix the vulnerability is probably my favorite part: Sleepless Strings – Template Injection in Insomnia.

🛡️ Administrator Protection Review

An early review of Windows Administrator Protection, coming to Windows 11: Administrator Protection Review.

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