Mastering SSRF | Solving all Portswigger Labs

Server Side Request Forgery(SSRF) is a vulnerability that allows attackers to send requests on behalf of a server, During an SSRF, attackers forge the request signatures of the vulnerable server, allowing them to assume a privileged position on a network, bypass firewall controls, and gain access to internal services. In this writeup, we will exxplore how to find some basic SSRFs and also how to bypass some SSRF protections. LAB 1: Basic SSRF against the local server Objective: This lab has a stock check feature which fetches data from an internal system. To solve the lab, change the stock check URL to access the admin interface at http://localhost/admin. ...

November 2, 2025 路 6 min 路 Appiah Bismark

How I Hacked A Vulnerable Bank Application

Introduction Good day hackers, welcome to my blog again. In this writeup i will take you through how i was able to exploit an intentional Vulnerable Bank Application by Ghost St. Badmus, One of the best Application Security Engineers in the industry. You can find the Lab here: Vulnerable Bank Application 馃彟 or vulnbank.org. Authentication & Authorization Vulnerabilities SQL Injection in login The first thing we will see when we access the application is the Login/Register page,we will try logging in with a simple SQLI payload to see if the application is vulnerable to SQLI. After using 鈥榦r 1=1- - as the username and pass as password,we were logged in as the admin. ...

June 14, 2025 路 7 min 路 Appiah Bismark