The tweet discusses a WAF Bypass Cheat Sheet shared by BugBountyCenter, which is criticized for having glaring errors such as using 4 dots for path traversal payloads. The core issue here is that such publicly shared research or community knowledge may contain inaccuracies or mistakes that can mislead security researchers and bug bounty hunters. It's important to carefully validate and test any WAF bypass techniques before relying on or sharing them. The responsibility lies with the sharer to ensure correctness and with the user to verify effectiveness. This situation highlights the challenge in the community where some published bypass methods might not be guaranteed, and forcing everyone to double-check helps maintain quality and reduces false hope or wasted effort. In summary, while publicly available WAF bypass cheat sheets benefit the community, they must be reviewed critically and tested thoroughly to avoid errors in penetration testing or vulnerability assessments.
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/BRuteLogic/status/2040098464659329522