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Web applications often have hidden or undocumented parameters that are not exposed in the user interface. Fuzzing can help discover these parameters, which might be vulnerable to various attacks.

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  1. HTTP Hidden Parameters
  2. Bruteforce Parameters
  3. Old Parameters

HTTP Hidden Parameters

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> Web applications often have hidden or undocumented parameters that are not exposed in the user interface. Fuzzing can help discover these parameters, which might be vulnerable to various attacks.

Bruteforce Parameters

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* Use wordlists of common parameters and send them, look for unexpected behavior from the backend. ```ps1 x8 -u "https://example.com/" -w <wordlist> x8 -u "https://example.com/" -X POST -w <wordlist> ``` Wordlist examples: * [Arjun/large.txt](https://github.com/s0md3v/Arjun/blob/master/arjun/db/large.txt) * [Arjun/medium.txt](https://github.com/s0md3v/Arjun/blob/master/arjun/db/medium.txt) * [Arjun/small.txt](https://github.com/s0md3v/Arjun/blob/master/arjun/db/small.txt) * [samlists/sam-cc-parameters-lowercase-all.txt](https://github.com/the-xentropy/samlists/blob/main/sam-cc-parameters-lowercase-all.txt) * [samlists/sam-cc-parameters-mixedcase-all.txt](https://github.com/the-xentropy/samlists/blob/main/sam-cc-parameters-mixedcase-all.txt)

Old Parameters

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Explore all the URL from your targets to find old parameters. * Browse the [Wayback Machine](http://web.archive.org/) * Look through the JS files to discover unused parameters

Data as of 2026-11-14.

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