PayloadsAllTheThings

PayloadsAllTheThings is a comprehensive, community-maintained reference repository containing curated payloads, bypass techniques, and methodology documentation for web application penetration testing and security research. It covers attack categories including SQL injection, XSS, SSRF, XXE, command injection, file inclusion, authentication bypasses, and dozens of other vulnerability classes with ready-to-use payload strings and detailed explanations. Penetration testers, bug bounty hunters, and CTF players reference PayloadsAllTheThings as a go-to cheat sheet during engagements, pulling tested payloads and bypass techniques for specific WAFs, frameworks, and filtering mechanisms. The repository also includes methodology guides, enumeration checklists, and privilege escalation references for Linux and Windows, making it one of the most valuable single resources in the offensive security community.