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13 Sep, 2025

Hack The Box: Planning Machine Walkthrouh – Easy Diffucilty

Easy Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, cronjob-uI, CVE-2024-9264, docker escape, DuckDB CLI, gobuster, grafana, HackTheBox, Linux, port-forwading, Python, ssh, unsanitized SQL

3 May, 2025

HackTheBox – BigBang Machine Walkthrough (Hard Difficulty)

Hard Machine Android, BuddyForms, BurpSuite, Challenges, chisel, CVE-2023-26326, CVE-2024-2961, file upload, gobuster, grafana, grafana2hashcat, HackTheBox, hashcat, Linux, Local File Inclusion (LFI), MySQL, Penetration Testing, port forwarding, python3, Remote Code Execution (RCE) in WordPress, Server Misconfigurations, Wordpress

Chained exploitation through misconfigured web app and internal services. We started by exploiting a WordPress plugin vulnerability (CVE-2023-26326) to upload files, followed by a file read vulnerability (CVE-2024-2961) for remote code execution. From there, we cracked the database credentials, gained SSH access as the shawking user, and leveraged a vulnerable API endpoint to escalate to root. This highlights how overlooked configurations and service misconfigurations can lead to a full server compromise.

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