ASE 2025
Sun 16 - Thu 20 November 2025 Seoul, South Korea

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Wed 19 Nov 2025 16:30 - 16:40 at Vista - Security 5

Second-order vulnerabilities, such as second-order Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), occur when user-controlled inputs are stored in databases and later retrieved in different execution contexts, complicating static detection. Existing static analysis approaches struggle primarily with two challenges. First, they struggle in accurately identifying database-accessing functions defined by third-party libraries or custom data access layers, often leading to missed taint propagation paths. Second, they may fail to contextually model database operations when queries are dynamically constructed and depend on runtime parameters. To address these limitations, we propose STaint, a novel bi-directional static analysis method that integrates taint analysis with large language models (LLMs). Using semantic reasoning, STaint accurately identifies and models custom database reads and writes, effectively reconstructing comprehensive taint data flows in the database. Preliminary evaluations on ten real-world PHP applications show that STaint successfully detects 56 second-order vulnerability paths, including 7 previously unknown cases, outperforming existing techniques.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Wed 19 Nov

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

16:00 - 17:00
16:00
10m
Talk
The Gold Digger in the Dark Forest: Industrial-Scale MEV Analysis in Ethereum
Industry Showcase
Ningyu He Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Tianyang Chi Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xiaohui Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Haoyu Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
16:10
10m
Talk
RPG: Linux Kernel Fuzzing Guided by Distribution-Specific Runtime Parameter Interfaces
Industry Showcase
Yuhan Chen Central South Sniversity, Yuheng Shen Tsinghua University, Guoyu Yin Central South University, Fan Ding Central South Sniversity, Runzhe Wang Alibaba Group, Tao Ma Alibaba Group, Xiaohai Shi Alibaba Group, Qiang Fu Central South University, Ying Fu Tsinghua University, Heyuan Shi Central South University
16:20
10m
Talk
Securing Self-Managed Third-Party Libraries
Industry Showcase
Xin Zhou Nanjing University, Jinwei Xu Nanjing University, He Zhang Nanjing University, Yanjing Yang Nanjing University, Lanxin Yang Nanjing University, Bohan Liu Nanjing University, Hongshan Tang JD.com, Inc.
16:30
10m
Talk
STaint: Detecting Second-Order Vulnerabilities in PHP Applications with LLM-Assisted Bi-Directional Static Taint Analysis
NIER Track
Yuchen Ji ShanghaiTech University, Hongchen Cao ShanghaiTech University, Jingzhu He ShanghaiTech University
16:40
10m
Talk
AdaptiveGuard: Towards Adaptive Runtime Safety for LLM-Powered Software
Industry Showcase
Rui Yang Monash University and Transurban, Michael Fu The University of Melbourne, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University and Atlassian, Chetan Arora Monash University, Gunel Gulmammadova Transurban, Joey Chua Transurban
16:50
10m
Talk
CONFUSETAINT: Exploiting Vulnerabilities to Bypass Dynamic Taint Analysis
NIER Track
Yufei Wu Umeå University, Alexandre Bartel Umeå University