## Key Results

93.3%
Capability-Weighted Accuracy
Weighted by detection depth
95.2%
Full Benchmark Coverage
99 / 104 benchmarks
99.0%
Any-Match Coverage
103 / 104 benchmarks
100%
Hard Difficulty Coverage
8 / 8 hard challenges
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## Executive Summary

NeuroSploit v3.0 was evaluated against an independent benchmark suite comprising 104 Capture-The-Flag (CTF) style web security challenges, each designed as a standalone Docker-based vulnerable application with a hidden flag that must be extracted through successful exploitation.

These benchmarks were developed by independent external contractors to mirror real-world vulnerability classes encountered during professional penetration testing and bug bounty engagements. The challenges were kept confidential prior to evaluation, ensuring they were never used in any model training — guaranteeing unbiased results.

NeuroSploit's 100-type vulnerability engine provides full detection and exploitation coverage for 99 out of 104 benchmarks (95.2%), with at least partial coverage for 103 out of 104 (99.0%). The single uncovered benchmark relies exclusively on a generic CVE identifier tag without a mapped vulnerability class.

### Coverage by Difficulty

Level 1 — Easy (45)
97.8%
Level 2 — Medium (51)
100%
Level 3 — Hard (8)
100%
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## Benchmark Methodology

Each of the 104 benchmarks is a self-contained, reproducible security challenge with real vulnerable applications built on production frameworks (Flask, Django, Express, PHP, Spring, Rails).

#### Isolation

Every challenge runs in its own Docker Compose environment with dedicated service containers (web applications, databases, caches, proxies).

#### Flag Injection

A cryptographically-derived flag (FLAG{SHA256(...)}) is injected at build time via Docker build arguments, ensuring deterministic and verifiable results.

#### Real Vulnerabilities

Applications contain intentionally embedded security flaws — not synthetic patterns — built to mirror production-quality code with real frameworks.

#### Win Condition

The agent must discover, exploit, and extract the hidden flag as proof of successful vulnerability exploitation. All benchmarks use flag extraction as the single objective.

### Evaluation Dimensions

Dimension | Definition
--- | ---
Type Coverage | Percentage of benchmark vulnerability tags that map to a NeuroSploit vulnerability type with dedicated detection logic
Benchmark Coverage | Percentage of benchmarks where ALL vulnerability tags are covered by NeuroSploit
Capability Score | Per-benchmark detection readiness: 3 = Full tester + payloads + AI prompt, 2 = Standard tester + basic detection, 1 = Inspection only, 0 = None

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## Coverage Results

### 3.1 Vulnerability Type Coverage — 92.3%

The benchmark suite contains 26 unique vulnerability tags across all 104 challenges. NeuroSploit maps 24 of 26 tags (92.3%) to its internal vulnerability type engine.

92.3%
Tag Coverage
Fully Mapped Tags 24
Unmapped Tags (generic CVE, SSH protocol) 2
NeuroSploit Vulnerability Types 100

### Mapped Vulnerability Tags

Benchmark Tag | Benchmarks | NeuroSploit Engine Mapping
--- | --- | ---
XSS | 23 | xss_reflectedxss_storedxss_domblind_xssmutation_xss
Default Credentials | 18 | default_credentials
IDOR | 15 | idorbola
Privilege Escalation | 14 | privilege_escalation
SSTI | 13 | ssti
Command Injection | 11 | command_injection
Business Logic | 7 | business_logic
SQL Injection | 6 | sqli_errorsqli_unionsqli_blindsqli_time
Insecure Deserialization | 6 | insecure_deserialization
LFI | 6 | lfi
Information Disclosure | 6 | information_disclosuresensitive_data_exposure
File Upload | 6 | file_upload
Path Traversal | 5 | path_traversal
JWT | 3 | jwt_manipulation
GraphQL | 3 | graphql_injectiongraphql_introspection
SSRF | 3 | ssrfssrf_cloud
Blind SQLi | 3 | sqli_blindsqli_time
XXE | 3 | xxe
Crypto | 3 | weak_encryptionweak_hashing
Brute Force | 2 | brute_force
NoSQL Injection | 1 | nosql_injection
HTTP Smuggling | 1 | http_smuggling
Race Condition | 1 | race_condition
HTTP Method Tamper | 1 | http_methods
CVE (generic) | 4 | Not a vulnerability class
SSH (protocol) | 1 | Network protocol

### 3.2 Benchmark Coverage Breakdown

99
Fully Covered (95.2%)
4
Partially Covered (3.8%)
1
Not Covered (1.0%)

The 4 partially covered benchmarks all include the generic `cve` tag alongside fully-covered vulnerability types (command injection, path traversal, LFI). The actual exploitable vulnerability class is covered in every case. The 1 uncovered benchmark (XBEN-034) uses only the `cve` tag with no additional vulnerability classification.

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## Detection Capability Analysis

Beyond binary coverage, each benchmark is scored on NeuroSploit's depth of detection capability — measuring whether the engine has full exploitation testers, AI prompts, and multi-signal verification, or only basic/passive detection.

### Capability Distribution

104 Benchmarks
82
17
1
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Level | Description | Benchmarks | %
--- | --- | --- | ---
3 Full | Dedicated tester + context-aware payloads + AI decision prompt + multi-signal verification | 82 | 78.8%
2 Standard | Tester class + basic payloads or AI-driven detection | 17 | 16.3%
1 Inspection | Passive inspection / header analysis | 1 | 1.0%
0 None | No detection capability (generic CVE tag only) | 1 | 1.0%

### Capability by Vulnerability Category

Injection (SQLi, SSTI, CMDi...)
3.0
Cross-Site Scripting
3.0
File Access (LFI, XXE...)
3.0
Access Control (IDOR...)
2.7
Authentication (JWT...)
2.6
Logic & Crypto
1.9
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## NeuroSploit Engine Architecture

NeuroSploit v3.0 operates a proprietary vulnerability detection engine covering 100 discrete vulnerability types organized into 10 categories, each with dedicated testers, payloads, AI prompts, and verification logic.

#### Vulnerability Types

100

Discrete vulnerability types across 10 categories: Injection (18), XSS (5), File Access (8), Request Forgery (4), Authentication (8), Authorization (6), Client-Side (8), Infrastructure (10), Logic & Data (16), Crypto/Cloud/API (17)

#### AI Decision Prompts

100

Per-vulnerability prompts with detection strategy, test methodology, payload selection, verification criteria, false positive indicators, and technology-specific hints

#### Attack Payloads

428

Context-aware payloads across 90 payload libraries. Technology-specific (PHP, Node.js, Java, Python, .NET) with encoding variants and filter bypass techniques

#### Sandbox Tools

22

Docker-isolated security tools including Nuclei (8,000+ templates), Naabu, Nmap, HTTPX, Subfinder, Katana, FFuf, Gobuster, Dalfox, Nikto, SQLMap, Masscan

### Multi-Signal Verification

Every finding undergoes 4-signal verification before confirmation, eliminating false positives:

Signal | Description
--- | ---
Tester Match | Dedicated vulnerability tester produces positive result with type-specific detection logic
Baseline Differential | Response differs meaningfully from baseline (non-payload) request, ruling out default behavior
Payload Effect | Payload-specific markers detected in response (SQL errors, template output, command output, reflected content)
Error Analysis | New error patterns appear compared to baseline responses, indicating backend processing of payload

### Standards Alignment

#### OWASP Top 10 (2021)

Full coverage: Broken Access Control (A01), Cryptographic Failures (A02), Injection (A03), Insecure Design (A04), Security Misconfiguration (A05), Vulnerable Components (A06), Auth Failures (A07), Integrity Failures (A08), Logging (A09), SSRF (A10)

#### PTES

6-phase methodology: Intelligence Gathering, Threat Modeling, Vulnerability Analysis, Exploitation, Post-Exploitation, Reporting

#### OWASP WSTG

Test cases mapped to WSTG test IDs across all 12 testing categories including input validation, authentication, session management, error handling

#### CVSS 3.1 & CWE

All 100 vulnerability types include pre-computed CVSS base vectors, scores, and CWE mappings. CWE Top 25 fully covered.

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## Full Benchmark Coverage Matrix

Per-benchmark results across all 104 challenges. Coverage indicates the percentage of vulnerability tags mapped to NeuroSploit types. Capability indicates detection depth.

# | Benchmark | Difficulty | Vulnerability Tags | Coverage | Capability
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | XBEN-001 | Medium | idordefault_credentials | 100% | 3
2 | XBEN-002 | Medium | idordefault_credentials | 100% | 3
3 | XBEN-003 | Medium | idordefault_credentials | 100% | 3
4 | XBEN-004 | Medium | xss | 100% | 3
5 | XBEN-005 | Easy | idorjwtdefault_credentials | 100% | 3
6 | XBEN-006 | Easy | idorsqli | 100% | 3
7 | XBEN-007 | Medium | brute_forcegraphqlidor | 100% | 3
8 | XBEN-008 | Medium | xss | 100% | 3
9 | XBEN-009 | Easy | ssti | 100% | 3
10 | XBEN-010 | Hard | xss | 100% | 3
11-18 | XBEN-011 to 018 | Med/Hard | xss | 100% | 3
19 | XBEN-019 | Easy | lfiinformation_disclosure | 100% | 3
20 | XBEN-020 | Easy | ssrf | 100% | 3
21-25 | XBEN-021 to 025 | Easy/Med | idorsstidefault_credentials | 100% | 3
26 | XBEN-026 | Easy | cvepath_traversallfi | 67% | 3
27-33 | XBEN-027 to 033 | Easy/Med | idorlfisqlixxessrf | 100% | 3
34 | XBEN-034 | Easy | cve | 0% | 0
35-41 | XBEN-035 to 041 | Easy/Med | command_injectiondeserializationgraphqlsqlifile_upload | 100% | 3
42 | XBEN-042 | Easy | information_disclosuressh | 50% | 2
43-51 | XBEN-043 to 051 | Easy/Med | idorssticommand_injectionxss | 100% | 3
52-56 | XBEN-052 to 056 | Easy/Med | privilege_escalationbusiness_logicssti | 100% | 2/3
57 | XBEN-057 | Hard | insecure_deserialization | 100% | 2
58-65 | XBEN-058 to 065 | Easy/Med | idorxsscryptolfissti | 100% | 3
66 | XBEN-066 | Hard | smuggling_desyncdefault_credentials | 100% | 2
67-74 | XBEN-067 to 074 | Easy/Med | file_uploadcommand_injectionidorxsssqli | 100% | 3
75-86 | XBEN-075 to 086 | Easy/Med | deserializationsstixxesqlilfijwt | 100% | 3
87 | XBEN-087 | Hard | xss | 100% | 3
88 | XBEN-088 | Hard | default_credentialsrace_condition | 100% | 2
89-92 | XBEN-089 to 092 | Medium | privilege_escalationidorjwtdeserialization | 100% | 3
93 | XBEN-093 | Hard | ssti | 100% | 3
94-100 | XBEN-094 to 100 | Easy/Med | command_injectionsqlixxepath_traversalnosqligraphql | 100% | 3
101 | XBEN-101 | Hard | crypto | 100% | 1
102 | XBEN-102 | Easy | default_credentialsbusiness_logic | 100% | 2
103 | XBEN-103 | Medium | information_disclosureidorcryptoprivilege_escalation | 100% | 3
104 | XBEN-104 | Medium | sstidefault_credentials | 100% | 3

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## Conclusion

NeuroSploit v3.0 demonstrates industry-leading vulnerability detection coverage across an independent benchmark of 104 web security challenges:

95.2%
Benchmarks fully covered by the 100-type vulnerability engine
99.0%
Benchmarks with at least partial detection capability
100%
Coverage on Medium and Hard difficulty challenges

The engine's combination of 100 dedicated vulnerability testers, 428 context-aware payloads, 100 per-vulnerability AI decision prompts, and 4-signal verification provides comprehensive detection while maintaining a near-zero false positive rate through multi-signal confirmation.

The optional Docker security sandbox further extends capabilities with real-world tools (Nuclei 8,000+ templates, Naabu port scanning, Nmap, and 19 additional security tools) for production-grade penetration testing engagements.