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Challenge I
badge-api-security-basics | Level: Easy | Total Lab Runs: 0 | Premium Lab |
Securing an API is a critical task. A poor API design may lead to system compromise. Its impact becomes more critical when a crucial service gets affected like a Banking API.
The Banking WebApp allows a user to make unrestricted login attempts without placing any rate limit on the number of requests per day. Moreover, the admin user had set a weak password on his account.
Objective: Leverage the vulnerability to hijack admin's account and determine the following:
Admin’s password
Flag stored in the CMS used by the backend
Golden Ticket
User Information:
Instructions:
This lab is dedicated to you! No other users are on this network :)
Once you start the lab, you will have access to a Kali GUI instance.
Your Kali instance has an interface with IP address 192.X.Y.2. Run "ifconfig" to know the values of X and Y.
The Banking WebApp is running on port 5000 on the target machine having IP address 192.X.Y.3.
The wordlist required to launch a dictionary attack is "/root/Desktop/challenge-files/wordlist.txt" file.
Do not attack the gateway located at IP address 192.X.Y.1
NOTE: This badge challenge is for evaluation, so we don't provide hints or explanations for this. Hence, contact us on support email only if you are facing a technical issue.
| Verify: | ||
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| 1. | Admin's password |
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| 2. | Flag present in the CMS |
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| 3. | Golden Ticket |
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