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CompTIA CySA+ CS0-004 · Domain 2: Vulnerability management

Common software vulnerabilities: injection, XSS, SSRF, IDOR, broken access control, buffer overflow, insecure cookies

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Last reviewed September 30, 2026 · Leer en español

The CySA+ exam expects you to recognize common vulnerability classes from a description, a log entry or a snippet of scanner output, and to know which control fixes each. The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 is a helpful reference list for web application risks. For every class below, ask two questions: whose code ends up running or which check is missing, and what would the evidence look like?

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