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Exploitation walkthroughs from Hack The Box Season 8 and bug bounty CTF challenges. Searchable, tagged, and statically generated.

Season 8 active machines (May–August 2025). Additional walkthroughs on Medium.

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A Linux machine involving XWiki exploitation via CVE-2025-24893, credential extraction, and PATH hijacking for privilege escalation.

HTB MachineEasy
#XWiki#CVE-2025-24893#RCE#CredentialExtraction
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Era

3m

A Linux machine involving vhost enumeration, IDOR vulnerability, hash cracking, SSRF exploitation, and binary signing for privilege escalation.

HTB MachineMedium
#VhostEnumeration#IDOR#HashCracking#SSRF
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JinjaCare

3m

A web application vulnerability challenge focusing on SSTI (Server-Side Template Injection) and RCE exploitation techniques.

Bug Bounty CTF
#SSTI#RCE#Flask#Jinja2
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NeoVault

3m

A banking web application challenge involving MongoDB Object ID prediction and JWT token exploitation.

Bug Bounty CTF
#MongoDB#JWT#IDOR#BugBounty
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Code

3m

A Python-based web application with command injection vulnerabilities and privilege escalation challenges.

HTB MachineEasy
#Python#CommandInjection#PrivilegeEscalation#SSH
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Nocturnal

3m

A challenging Hack The Box Linux-based machine involving web exploitation and privilege escalation techniques.

HTB Machine
#WebExploitation#PrivilegeEscalation#Linux
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Dog

3m

A Linux machine involving git repository dumping, RCE exploitation, and privilege escalation through sudo misconfiguration.

HTB MachineEasy
#GitDumping#RCE#PrivilegeEscalation#Linux
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Outbound

3m

A Linux machine featuring Roundcube webmail exploitation, session decryption, and privilege escalation through log symlink vulnerability.

HTB MachineEasy
#Roundcube#RCE#SessionDecryption#PrivilegeEscalation
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