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Lab: URL-based access control can be circumvented

PRACTITIONER

This website has an unauthenticated admin panel at /admin, but a front-end system has been configured to block external access to that path. However, the back-end application is built on a framework that supports the X-Original-URL header.

To solve the lab, access the admin panel and delete the user carlos.

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