swisskyrepo/payloadsallthethings

PayloadsAllTheThings is a community-curated list of useful payloads and bypasses for web application security work. The README describes it as a resource for web application security and invites people to contribute their own payloads and techniques. It is meant for security testers, bug-bounty hunters, and CTF players who need ready-made strings, snippets, and patterns to probe a target for known classes of vulnerabilities, rather than for end users running an app. The repository is organized as a documentation-style collection. Each chapter focused on a specific class of vulnerability follows a consistent layout. There is a README.md describing the vulnerability and how to exploit it, including several example payloads, plus subdirectories: an Intruder folder with files intended for use with Burp Intruder, an Images folder, and a Files folder for any extra files referenced from the text. A _template_vuln folder is provided so new chapters can be added in the same shape. The README links to companion resources by the same author: InternalAllTheThings, a cheat sheet for Active Directory and internal pentests, and HardwareAllTheThings, a wiki on hardware and IoT testing. There are also curated lists of recommended books and YouTube channels. An alternative HTML display of the same content is published as PayloadsAllTheThingsWeb. Someone would use this when assessing a web application or preparing for a CTF and looking for known payloads to try, bypass tricks, methodology references, or enumeration tips. The repository's primary language is Python, with Markdown documentation as its main delivery format.