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A practical, no-filler library of web application attack payloads, post-exploitation commands, network attack techniques, and social engineering infrastructure — everything an authorized penetration tester needs during an engagement, organized for fast lookup.\n\n---\n\n## Table of Contents\n\n### [Introduction \u0026 Appendices](payload_book_intro_appendix.md)\n- Responsible Use Statement\n- Appendix A: Vulnerability / Payload / Tool Cross-Reference\n- Appendix B: Attack Surface / Book Mapping\n- Appendix C: Engagement Checklist\n- Appendix D: Wordlists and Dictionaries Reference\n- Appendix E: Attacker Infrastructure Quick Setup\n- Appendix F: Hash Reference\n- Appendix G: Legal and Authorisation Templates\n\n### [Part 1: Web Application Attacks](payload_book_part1_web.md)\n- Section 1: SQL Injection\n- Section 2: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)\n- Section 3: Command Injection\n- Section 4: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)\n- Section 5: XML External Entity (XXE)\n- Section 6: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)\n- Section 7: File Inclusion\n- Section 8: File Upload Attacks\n- Section 9: Web Shells\n- Section 10: Auth Bypass \u0026 Credential Attacks\n\n### [Part 2: Post-Exploitation](payload_book_part2_postex.md)\n- Section 11: Linux Post-Exploitation\n- Section 12: Windows Post-Exploitation\n- Section 13: Active Directory Attacks\n\n### [Part 3: Network Attacks, Encoding \u0026 File Transfer](payload_book_part3_network.md)\n- Section 14: Network Enumeration and Service Attacks\n- Section 15: Wireless Attacks\n- Section 17: Payload Encoding and Obfuscation\n- Section 18: File Transfer Methods\n- Section 19: Quick Reference Tables\n\n### [Social Engineering Bridge](payload_book_part3_se_bridge.md)\n- Section 16: Social Engineering — Payload Book Integration (Phishing Infrastructure, USB Drops, OSINT)\n\n---\n\n## Read Free Online\n\nAll content is available as Markdown files in this repository — readable directly on GitHub.\n\n## Get the Formatted PDF\n\n[Coming soon — formatted PDF version]\n\n---\n\n## License\n\nReleased for educational and professional use. You may use, adapt, and redistribute with attribution.\n\n**Matt McKee** — [linkedin.com/in/mattmckee-11193234](https://linkedin.com/in/mattmckee-11193234)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsindecker%2Fpayload-reference","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsindecker%2Fpayload-reference","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsindecker%2Fpayload-reference/lists"}