OWASP Top 10 Testing Guide: How Pentesters Validate Exploitability

OWASP Top 10 testing means validating all 10 categories in the current 2025 edition manually. Security Misconfiguration jumped from fifth to second place. Two categories, Software Supply Chain Failures and Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions, were added. A scanner handles categories like Injection well. Broken Access Control and Insecure Design depend on business logic no scanner …