Practical Web Cache Poisoning - Redefining 'Unexploitable'

Explore advanced web security techniques in this 44-minute Black Hat conference talk on practical web cache poisoning. Delve into the vulnerabilities of modern web applications, learning how to exploit caches and content delivery networks. Discover methods for compromising websites by transforming their caches into exploit delivery systems. Follow along as James Kettle demonstrates techniques like unkeyed input detection, DOM poisoning, and cross-cloud poisoning. Gain insights into the caching threat landscape, cache key collisions, and selective poisoning strategies. Understand the implications of trusting headers and chaining unkeyed inputs. Learn about resource hijacking, open graph hijacking, and the potential for external and internal cache poisoning. Examine real-world examples, including a Drupal open redirect vulnerability. Conclude with essential takeaways and defensive strategies to protect against these sophisticated attacks.