2025

  • "Predator: Directed Web Application Fuzzing for Efficient Vulnerability Validation".
    Chenlin Wang, Wei Meng, Changhua Luo, Penghui Li.
    To appear in Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), May 2025.
    Acceptance rate: 106/739 = 14.3%.

2024

  • "HORSE: Hierarchical Representation for Large-Scale Neural Subset Selection".
    Binghui Xie, Yixuan Wang, Yongqiang Chen, Kaiwen Zhou, Yu Li, Wei Meng, James Cheng.
    To appear in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2024.

  • "Test Suites Guided Vulnerability Validation for Node.js Applications". [PDF]
    Changhua Luo, Penghui Li, Wei Meng, Chao Zhang.
    In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), October 2024.

  • "SDFuzz: Target States Driven Directed Fuzzing". [PDF]
    Penghui Li, Wei Meng, Chao Zhang.
    In Proceedings of the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium, August 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 417/2,276 = 18.3%.

  • "Holistic Concolic Execution for Dynamic Web Applications via Symbolic Interpreter Analysis". [PDF] [Code]
    Penghui Li, Wei Meng, Mingxue Zhang, Chenlin Wang, Changhua Luo.
    In Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), May 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 261/1,463 = 17.8%.

  • "Detecting and Understanding Self-Deleting JavaScript Code". [PDF] [Code]
    Xinzhe Wang, Zeyang Zhuang, Wei Meng, James Cheng.
    In Proceedings of The Web Conference 2024 (WWW) (oral presentation), May 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 405/2,008 = 20.2%.

  • "Enhancing Neural Subset Selection: Integrating Background Information into Set Representations". [PDF]
    Binghui Xie, Yatao Bian, Kaiwen Zhou, Yongqiang Chen, Peilin Zhao, Bo Han, Wei Meng, James Cheng.
    In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), May 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 2,250/7,262 = 31.0%.

  • "Strengthening Supply Chain Security with Fine-grained Safe Patch Identification". [PDF] [Code]
    Changhua Luo, Wei Meng, Shuai Wang.
    In Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) (research track), April 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 234/1,049 = 22.3%.

  • "CSChecker: Revisiting GDPR and CCPA Compliance of Cookie Banners on the Web". [PDF] [Code & Data]
    Mingxue Zhang, Wei Meng, You Zhou, Kui Ren.
    In Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) (research track), April 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 234/1,049 = 22.3%.

  • "Enhancing Evolving Domain Generalization through Dynamic Latent Representations". [PDF]
    Binghui Xie, Yongqiang Chen, Jiaqi Wang, Kaiwen Zhou, Bo Han, Wei Meng, James Cheng.
    In Proceedings of the 38th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (oral presentation), February 2024.
    Acceptance rate: 2,342/9,862 = 23.7%.

2023

  • "Testing Graph Database Systems via Graph-Aware Metamorphic Relations". [PDF] [Code]
    Zeyang Zhuang, Penghui Li, Pingchuan Ma, Wei Meng, Shuai Wang.
    In Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 836-848, December 2023.

  • "Fine-Grained Data-Centric Content Protection Policy for Web Applications". [PDF] [Code]
    Zilun Wang, Wei Meng, Michael Lyu.
    In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2023.
    Acceptance rate: 235/1,222 = 19.2%.

  • "DSFuzz: Detecting Deep State Bugs with Dependent State Exploration". [PDF]
    Yinxi Liu, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2023.
    Acceptance rate: 235/1,222 = 19.2%.

  • "Exploring Missed Optimizations in WebAssembly Optimizers". [PDF]
    Zhibo Liu, Dongwei Xiao, Zongjie Li, Shuai Wang, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 32nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), July 2023.
    Acceptance rate: 117/406 = 28.8%.

  • "SelectFuzz: Efficient Directed Fuzzing with Selective Path Exploration". [PDF] [Code]
    Changhua Luo, Wei Meng, Penghui Li.
    In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), May 2023.
    Acceptance rate: 199/1,147 = 17.3%.

2022

  • "SEDiff: Scope-Aware Differential Fuzzing to Test Internal Function Models in Symbolic Execution". [PDF]
    Penghui Li, Wei Meng, Kangjie Lu.
    In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) (research track), November 2022.
    Acceptance rate: 99/449 = 22.0%.

  • "Acquirer: A Hybrid Approach to Detecting Algorithmic Complexity Vulnerabilities". [PDF]
    Yinxi Liu, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2022.
    Acceptance rate: 219/972 = 22.5%.

  • "TChecker: Precise Static Inter-Procedural Analysis for Detecting Taint-Style Vulnerabilities in PHP Applications". [PDF] [Code]
    Changhua Luo, Penghui Li, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2022.
    Acceptance rate: 219/972 = 22.5%.
    [ACM CCS 2022 Best Paper Honorable Mention.]

2021

  • "Understanding and Detecting Performance Bugs in Markdown Compilers". [PDF] [Code]
    Penghui Li, Yinxi Liu, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), November 2021.
    Acceptance rate: 82/427 = 19.2%.

  • "JSISOLATE: Lightweight In-Browser JavaScript Isolation". [PDF] [Code]
    Mingxue Zhang, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 29th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) (research track), August 2021.
    Acceptance rate: 97/396 = 24.5%.

  • "Revealer: Detecting and Exploiting Regular Expression Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities". [PDF] [Code]
    Yinxi Liu, Mingxue Zhang, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), May 2021.
    Acceptance rate: 115/952 = 12.1%.

  • "On the Feasibility of Automated Built-in Function Modeling for PHP Symbolic Execution". [PDF] [Code]
    Penghui Li, Wei Meng, Kangjie Lu, Changhua Luo.
    In Proceedings of The Web Conference 2021 (WWW), April 2021.
    Acceptance rate: 357/1,736 = 20.6%.

  • "LChecker: Detecting Loose Comparison Bugs in PHP". [PDF] [Code]
    Penghui Li, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of The Web Conference 2021 (WWW), April 2021.
    Acceptance rate: 357/1,736 = 20.6%.

2020

  • "Detecting and Understanding JavaScript Global Identifier Conflicts on the Web". [PDF] [Code]
    Mingxue Zhang, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) (research track), November 2020.
    Acceptance rate: 101/360 = 28.1%.

  • "MineThrottle: Defending against Wasm In-Browser Cryptojacking". [PDF] [Code]
    Weikang Bian, Wei Meng, Mingxue Zhang.
    In Proceedings of The Web Conference 2020 (WWW), April 2020.
    Acceptance rate of short papers: 97/397 = 24.4%.

2019

  • "Poster: Finding JavaScript Name Conflicts on the Web". [PDF]
    Mingxue Zhang, Wei Meng, Yi Wang.
    In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2019.
    Acceptance rate of posters: 43/64 = 67.2%.

  • "Poster: Detecting WebAssembly-based Cryptocurrency Mining". [PDF]
    Weikang Bian, Wei Meng, Yi Wang.
    In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2019.
    Acceptance rate of posters: 43/64 = 67.2%.

  • "All Your Clicks Belong to Me: Investigating Click Interception on the Web". [PDF] [Code]
    Mingxue Zhang, Wei Meng, Sangho Lee, Byoungyoung Lee, Xinyu Xing.
    In Proceedings of the 28th USENIX Security Symposium, August 2019.
    Acceptance rate: 113/697 = 16.2%.

  • "Revisiting Mobile Advertising Threats with MAdLife". [PDF]
    Gong Chen*, Wei Meng*, John Copeland.
    In Proceedings of The Web Conference 2019 (WWW), May 2019.
    Acceptance rate: 225/1,247 = 18.0%.
    *Contributed equally.

2018

  • "Rampart: Protecting Web Applications from CPU-Exhaustion Denial-of-Service Attacks". [PDF] [Code]
    Wei Meng, Chenxiong Qian, Shuang Hao, Kevin Borgolte, Giovanni Vigna, Christopher Kruegel, Wenke Lee.
    In Proceedings of the 27th USENIX Security Symposium, August 2018.
    Acceptance rate: 100/524 = 19.1%.

2016

  • "TrackMeOrNot: Enabling Flexible Control on Web Tracking". [PDF] [Code+Data]
    Wei Meng, Byoungyoung Lee, Xinyu Xing, Wenke Lee.
    In Proceedings of the 25th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), April 2016.
    Acceptance rate: 115/727 = 15.8%.
    [Top 10 Finalist of CSAW'16 Applied Research Competition.]

  • "The Price of Free: Privacy Leakage in Personalized Mobile In-App Ads". [PDF]
    Wei Meng, Ren Ding, Simon P. Chung, Steven Han, Wenke Lee.
    In Proceedings of the 2016 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), February 2016.
    Acceptance rate: 60/389 = 15.4%.

2015

  • "Understanding Malvertising Through Ad-Injecting Browser Extensions". [PDF]
    Xinyu Xing, Wei Meng, Byoungyoung Lee, Udi Weinsberg, Anmol Sheth, Roberto Perdisci, Wenke Lee.
    In Proceedings of the 24th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), May 2015.
    Acceptance rate: 131/929 = 14.1%.

2014

  • "Your Online Interests - Pwned! A Pollution Attack Against Targeted Advertising". [PDF]
    Wei Meng, Xinyu Xing, Anmol Sheth, Udi Weinsberg, Wenke Lee.
    In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), November 2014.
    Acceptance rate: 114/585 = 19.5%.

  • "Exposing Inconsistent Web Search Results with Bobble". [PDF]
    Xinyu Xing, Wei Meng, Dan Doozan, Nick Feamster, Wenke Lee, Alex C. Snoeren.
    In Proceedings of the 2014 Passive and Active Measurements (PAM) Conference, March 2014.
    Acceptance rate: 24/76 = 31.6%.

2013

  • "GPU-accelerated Name Lookup with Component Encoding". [PDF]
    Yi Wang, Huichen Dai, Ting Zhang, Wei Meng, Jindou Fan, Bin Liu.
    Computer Networks, Volume 57, Issue 16, 13 November 2013, Pages 3165-3177.

  • "Take This Personally: Pollution Attacks on Personalized Services". [PDF]
    Xinyu Xing, Wei Meng, Dan Doozan, Alex C. Snoeren, Nick Feamster, Wenke Lee.
    In Proceedings of the 22nd USENIX Security Symposium, August 2013.
    Acceptance rate: 45/277 = 16.2%.

  • "Wire Speed Name Lookup: A GPU-based Approach". [PDF]
    Yi Wang, Yuan Zu, Ting Zhang, Kunyang Peng, Qunfeng Dong, Bin Liu, Wei Meng, Huichen Dai, Xin Tian, Zhonghu Xu, Hao Wu, Di Yang.
    In Proceedings of the 10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), April 2013.
    Acceptance rate: 38/171 = 22.2%.

2012

  • "Scalable Name Lookup in NDN Using Effective Name Component Encoding". [PDF]
    Yi Wang, Keqiang He, Huichen Dai, Wei Meng, Junchen Jiang, Bin Liu, Yan Chen.
    In Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 2012.
    Acceptance rate: 71/515 = 13.8%.

  • "ALFE: A Replacement Policy to Cache Elephant Flows in the Presence of Mice Flooding". [PDF]
    Tian Pan, Xiaoyu Guo, Chenhui Zhang, Wei Meng, Bin Liu.
    In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2012.
    Acceptance rate: 1,043/2,819 = 37.0%.

  • "LAP: Lightweight Anonymity and Privacy". [PDF]
    Hsu-Chun Hsiao, Tiffany Hyun-Jin Kim, Adrian Perrig, Akira Yamada, Samuel C. Nelson, Marco Gruteser, Wei Meng.
    In Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), May 2012.
    Acceptance rate: 40/307 = 13.0%.

  • "Greening the Internet using Multi-Frequency Scaling Scheme". [PDF]
    Wei Meng, Yi Wang, Chengchen Hu, Keqiang He, Jun Li, Bin Liu.
    In Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), March 2012.
    Acceptance rate: 131/445 = 29.4%.

  • "Green VLAN: An Energy-Efficient Approach for VLAN Design". [PDF]
    Keqiang He, Yi Wang, Xiaofei Wang, Wei Meng, Bin Liu.
    In Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), January 2012.
    Acceptance rate: 136/467 = 29.1%.

2011

  • "Parallel Name Lookup for Named Data Networking". [PDF]
    Yi Wang, Huichen Dai, Junchen Jiang, Keqiang He, Wei Meng, Bin Liu.
    In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Global Communications Conference, December 2011.
    Acceptance rate: 1,070/2,923 = 36.6%.

  • "Fast Efficient Algorithm for Enhancement of Low Lighting Video". [PDF]
    Xuan Dong, Guan Wang, Yi Pang, Weixin Li, Jiangtao Wen, Wei Meng, Yao Lu.
    In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), July 2011.
    Acceptance rate: 223/744 = 30.0%.