1. Web Security Academy
  2. Server-side template injection
  3. Exploiting
  4. Lab

Lab: Server-side template injection with a custom exploit

EXPERT

This lab is vulnerable to server-side template injection. To solve the lab, create a custom exploit to delete the file /.ssh/id_rsa from Carlos's home directory.

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Warning

As with many high-severity vulnerabilities, experimenting with server-side template injection can be dangerous. If you're not careful when invoking methods, it is possible to damage your instance of the lab, which could make it unsolvable. If this happens, you will need to wait 20 minutes until your lab session resets.

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