Hack The Box: Cat
Description Cat is a medium Hack The Box machine that features: Git repository exposes the source code of the web application Cross-Site Scripting in web application allowing the retrieval of the administrator session SQL Injection in the administration dashboard allows credential retrieval Login to the machine using the credentials User pivoting by using leaked credentials in Apache access log Discovery on internal Gitea service vulnerable to Stored XSS vulnerability Privilege Escalation by reading an exposed credential in an administrator Git repository using the XSS vulnerability Footprinting First, we are going to check with ping command if the machine is active and the system operating system. The target machine IP address is 10.129.234.158. ...