Year in Review: The Vulnerabilities That Defined 2025
A Year of Real-World Exploitation If you work in security, you probably remember React2Shell. Shortly after public disclosure, scanning activity increased, and exploitation attempts began to surface. That sequence showed up repeatedly across several of 2025’s most impactful vulnerabilities. Advisories were still circulating while attackers were already testing and operationalizing exploits. This wasn’t true for the thousands of CVEs published quietly throughout the year. But for a smaller set
🎯 Vulnerability: Web Security Vulnerability
💡 Defense Fix: Implement strict input validation, contextual output encoding, and enforce least-privilege authorization controls.