Robin Kirchner

Robin Kirchner is a researcher at the Institute for Application Security, part of the Carl-Friedrich Gauss Faculty at Technische Universität Braunschweig. His work focuses on web security, messenger privacy, and parser confusion vulnerabilities, with publications in top-tier conferences like PETS, USENIX Security, and ASIA CCS.

Recent publications include research on Blind Cross-Site Scripting (BXSS), mobile SDK privacy, and server-side browser vulnerabilities. He has received a Distinguished Paper Award at USENIX Security 2024 for his work on polyglot payloads.

• PhD Candidate: Web Security Research
• Teaching Assistant: Web Security, Application Security
• Former R&D Role: Siemens Mobility GmbH

Robin's research explores the hidden attack surfaces in modern web technologies, contributing to both practical security analysis and theoretical understanding of XSS vulnerabilities.