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This post is a walkthrough of the Hack The Box (Originally VulnLab Box) room Down Intro Down is an easy Linux box created originally for Vulnlabs. Hack The Box recently acquired Vulnlabs and are sarting make available the machines. You will need a HTB VIP+ account to access these boxes. From SSRF to Root: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of a Web App Exploitation Chain In this penetration testing engagement, we began by discovering a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, which led us to a Local File Inclusion (LFI) flaw. Exploiting the LFI, we extracted the source code of the web application, revealing a hidden “expertmode” feature designed to check open ports using netcat. ...

June 26, 2025 at 08:40 GMT Â· 13 min