🛡️ PortSwigger Web Security Labs – Step-by-Step Walkthroughs

A collection of clear, beginner-friendly solutions to the PortSwigger Web Security Academy Labs.

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🧭 About This Repo

This repository contains practical write-ups for labs based on real-world web vulnerabilities taught by PortSwigger. Each solution includes:

• Easy-to-follow steps 🪜
• Key payloads used 💣
• Observations and concepts 🧠
• Difficulty level (Apprentice, Practitioner, etc.)

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📚 Lab Topics (In Progress)

• ✅ Access Control
• 🔜 SQL Injection
• 🔜 Authentication

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🔎 How to Read the Files

Each file is named using this format:
[level]_[short-description].md

Example: apprentice_simple-file-traversal.md
Each file includes:

• Lab Title
• Step-by-step guide
• Payloads used

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📁 Folder Structure (Example)

• path-traversal/
  • apprentice_simple-file-traversal.md
  • practitioner_absolute-path-bypass.md
• sql-injection/
  • apprentice_basic-login-bypass.md
  • practitioner_union-based-injection.md

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🚀 Why I Made This

• 🛠 Reinforce my own understanding
• 🧩 Help others learning the same
• 💼 Showcase real problem-solving skills

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📬 Have suggestions or improvements? Feel free to open an issue or pull request.