Challenge list
05. HTML Source Code Secret
Web pages contain a lot of information that isn't visible on the surface. Looking at HTML source code, you can often…
06. JavaScript Password Check
This page has a password-protected area. However, because the password check is done in JavaScript, you can find the…
07. Peek at Cookies
Websites use a mechanism called cookies to store information in your browser. They're used for managing login states,…
08. Network Basics - Learn Port Numbers
Networks use port numbers to identify services. For example, a web server (HTTP) usually uses port 80, and encrypted…
SQL Injection 101
This login form has an SQL Injection vulnerability. Log in as admin without proper credentials and retrieve the flag.
Web-04. The robots.txt Trap
Websites often serve a robots.txt file for crawlers. In this challenge, check whether a file that robots.txt tells…
Web-05. Directory Listing Trap
When an Nginx server has directory index listing (autoindex) enabled, anyone can browse the full file listing of a…
Web-06. Forging HTTP Headers
This application grants access based on the value of a specific HTTP header. Even values the browser never sends by…
Web-07. Tampering with URL Parameters
This web application checks the value of the GET parameter key on the server side. The required parameter name and…
Web-08. Tampering with POST Data
The login form contains a hidden input field that is invisible in the rendered page. Inspect it with developer tools…
Web-09. The Weak Basic Auth Trap
A protected area is guarded by HTTP Basic Authentication, but the developer accidentally left the credentials in an…
Web-10. Peeking Behind a Redirect
Accessing a certain page immediately redirects you elsewhere. Browsers automatically follow redirects, so think about…
XSS Basics - Guestbook
This web application has a basic XSS vulnerability. Find where input is reflected in the guestbook. The flag is at an…
Web-11. SQL Injection into the Employee Portal
KinoGadget's internal "Employee Access Portal" runs on a legacy authentication system. The lead developer is rumored…
Web-12. Reflected XSS in BlogSearch
BlogSearch is a simple search engine for blog articles. The search query is embedded into the results page as-is…
Web-13. Bypassing File Upload Checks in ImageVault
ImageVault is an image hosting service that accepts JPG, PNG, and GIF uploads. If its validation only checks the end…
Web-14. Command Injection in a Network Diagnostic Tool
This app is a diagnostic tool that runs ping against a host you supply. If the host input is passed straight into a…
Web-15. IDOR in the UserProfile Service
The UserProfile Service exposes an API that returns profile information for a given user ID. Check whether the service…
Web-16. Weak JWT Secret in the CHIMERA Research Lab
Clues found after breaching the employee portal point to an isolated research lab system codenamed CHIMERA. It…
Web-17. Path Traversal in FileShare
FileShare lets users list and download files from a shared folder. Check whether the filename parameter passed to the…
Web-18. XXE Attack via a Contact Form
This contact form serializes its input as XML and sends it to the server, which parses it and echoes the result.…
Web-19. CSRF Transfer in a Banking App
This banking app lets a logged-in user transfer money. Check whether CSRF protections exist by seeing if a separate…
Web-20. SSRF via the URL Fetcher
This URL Fetcher service retrieves and displays the content of any URL a user provides. Check whether it can be…
Network Analysis - DNS Zone Transfer Leak
An unauthenticated DNS zone transfer (AXFR) against a misconfigured authoritative server was captured. Download the…