🧩 The Web Cache "Whack-a-Mole" at PortSwigger Academy 🧩

I spent my morning playing a high-stakes game of Whack-a-Mole, but instead of plastic moles, I was chasing X-Cache Headers and 302 Redirects. If you’ve ever tried to pull off a Web Cache Deception (WCD) attack, you know the struggle. It’s a psychological thriller where you have to trick two different "brains" at the same time: The Cache: A simple-minded gatekeeper that sees .css and thinks, "Ooh, a public asset! I'll save a copy for everyone!" 📁 The Server: A smart but oblivious origin that see