OWASP Top 10 2025 – A Pentester’s Perspective

This article reviews the evolution of the OWASP Top 10, showing how categories have broadened and how industry shift-left trends have elevated configuration and design concerns alongside traditional technical vulnerabilities. It details the practical implications for penetration testing—identifying which categories are most testable (e.g., Broken Access Control, Injection, Authentication) and which typically fall outside standard scopes (e.g., Insecure Design, Logging & Alerting)—and emphasizes that the Top 10 is an awareness list, recommending OWASP ASVS for clear, testable assessment criteria.