- Log in using the admin credentials.
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Browse to the admin panel, promote
carlos, and send the HTTP request to Burp Repeater. - Open a private/incognito browser window, and log in with the non-admin credentials.
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Browse to
/admin-roles?username=carlos&action=upgradeand observe that the request is treated as unauthorized due to the absent Referer header. - Copy the non-admin user's session cookie into the existing Burp Repeater request, change the username to yours, and replay it.
Lab: Referer-based access control
This lab controls access to certain admin functionality based on the Referer header. You can familiarize yourself with the admin panel by logging in using the credentials administrator:admin.
To solve the lab, log in using the credentials wiener:peter and exploit the flawed access controls to promote yourself to become an administrator.
