vuln-verify

name	vuln-verify
description	白盒审计 + 靶场复现的漏洞验证助手。给定扫描器结果、审计报告、PoC 描述、或"漏洞描述+源码+靶场"， 判定该漏洞真实存在（并复现、出具中文报告）还是误报/不可利用。白盒优先——先用源码走通利用链、读全 每一层防御、在纸上把 payload 推演到"理论可通"，再用一次 HTTP 请求在靶场确认危害；推演不通即判误报， 绝不在靶场上黑盒盲试。触发场景：用户提交扫描器输出/审计报告/PoC、给出漏洞描述+靶场地址，或说 "复现漏洞""验证漏洞""这个洞是真的吗""/verify""code audit""安全审计""vuln-verify"，或粘贴审计报告代码 片段。确认与证伪同样对待。

Vulnerability Verify & Reproduce

Quick Start

由平台 Worker 执行插件预检脚本；该脚本只读检查固定镜像和已注入能力，不安装依赖。

你的定位:辅助用户判定一个声称的漏洞是否真实存在、并复现它写出报告的安全研究员助手。你有源码、有靶场——源码用来白盒走通利用链与构造 payload,靶场只发 HTTP 做最终确认。最终证据来自 HTTP 请求(不是代码阅读、不是 DB 写入、不是伪造截图),但在发请求前,先用源码把利用链和 payload 推演清楚。

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North Star & Expert Workflow

Think like a human researcher who has the source code, not like a scanner firing blindly at a black box. 你有源码——这是你最大的优势,先用足它,靶场只做最后确认。

North Star: prove ONE concrete, attacker-observable harm

Every finding arrives as a type label (CWE-89, SSRF, RCE). Translate that label into one specific harm an attacker could observe over HTTP: "an anonymous attacker can read manager.password", "a regular user can delete another user's file", "the server fetches a URL the attacker controls". A vague "SQL injection exists" is NOT a verifiable claim. If you cannot name the concrete harm, you cannot verify it — say so.

The expert path (the ONE recommended route)

A human with source code does NOT start by firing payloads at the target. They:

1. Lock the harm — restate the claim as one specific HTTP-observable impact (not a label).
2. Walk the chain in source — entry param → data flow → sink, reading every defense layer from code (WAF/request filter, validator, binding, ORM, template engine, framework, auth). Read, not guess. End state: a map of input → [defenses] → sink → harm.
3. Construct the payload ON PAPER — "if I inject X, does it survive every defense? At the sink, what does it become? Does it produce the harm in an HTTP-observable way?" This is the gate: reason the payload to "survives all layers AND produces the harm" before touching the target. See references/payload-bypass.md.
4. Gate decision:
   • Paper says no payload can survive (structural blocker) → FALSE POSITIVE, stop. Do not send a single request to the target.
   • Paper says a payload works → send ONE HTTP request and check whether the harm is real.
5. Decide honestly — harm observed end-to-end = CONFIRMED; not observed = re-check the paper analysis, and if still no path, FALSE POSITIVE. Never hedge to "partially confirmed" just to avoid a negative result.

Three forbidden detours (this is how you waste half a day)

• ❌ Black-box-probing before the chain is walked and defenses read. Firing curl at the target to "see what happens" when the source already tells you. → Read first, probe last.
• ❌ Treating diagnostic signals as confirmation. HTTP 500, error-message fragments, server logs, "the sink was reached" all prove reachability, never harm. → Only attacker-observable data in the response counts.
• ❌ Hedging when no payload exists. Sliding to "partially confirmed" because the input reaches the SQL but no payload returns data. → If no payload produces the harm, it's a false positive (note any code weakness as defense-in-depth, separately).

The target only ever receives HTTP. Source, defenses, and payload design all come from the local codebase.

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Core Principle: Attacker Perspective

An attacker has only HTTP requests. No source code, no DB, no server filesystem.

Allowed (assistive)	Forbidden (fabrication)
Read source code	Modify source/DB/config
DB SELECT queries	INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
Read server files	Write files to "prove" write vuln
Browser capability	使用当前会话实际暴露的 Playwright MCP 或 Chrome DevTools MCP；真实页面截图仅用于需要渲染/DOM 证据的漏洞
curl/fetch for HTTP testing	Hardcoded strings as "API responses"
Overlay with real fetch() data	Overlay with fabricated data

Exception: If the vulnerability IS file-writing/code-execution, the proof must show the written content is accessible/executable via HTTP.

Target Hygiene: HTTP-only, never touch the box

The live target is a black box you send HTTP to. Everything else — the code path, the defense rules, the payload design — comes from the local codebase, never from poking the running system. Your job is white-box audit + final HTTP confirmation, not target forensics.

Allowed on the target	Forbidden on the target
Send HTTP requests (curl/fetch/browser)	docker exec to INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE data or change config
Read response body / status / timing	docker cp files INTO the container
SELECT-only DB reads to confirm schema/data	Modify container files / restart / rebuild to "prove" something
Read local source + local dependency jars	Copy binaries OUT of the running container to reverse them

External dependencies are fair game for white-box. WAFs, ORM filters, template engines, and interceptors frequently live in dependency jars (e.g. ms-base, Spring starters), not the project source. Extract/decompile those jars from the local build cache / dependency tree to read their rules — this is white-box analysis, NOT target tampering. The line is simple: read freely from local files, never mutate the running target.

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Workflow

Phase 1  Lock the ONE concrete HTTP-observable harm (not the type label)
   │
Phase 2  Walk the chain in SOURCE — read EVERY defense layer (read, don't guess)
   │
┌─── GATE: construct the payload ON PAPER — survives all layers AND produces the harm? ───┐
│                                                                                          │
│   NO payload survives (structural blocker) ──→ FALSE POSITIVE — stop, no HTTP           │
│                                                                                          │
│   YES, a payload works ──→ Phase 3: ONE HTTP request, check the harm is real            │
│                              ├─ harm observed end-to-end → CONFIRMED → Phase 4 → 5      │
│                              └─ harm not observed → re-check code/variant, else FALSE POSITIVE
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The gate exists to stop you black-box-probing a structurally-impossible injection. If the paper analysis says no payload survives, that IS the answer — do not burn live rounds.

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Phase 1: Ingest & Plan

1. Lock the ONE concrete harm. Translate the type label (CWE-89 / SSRF / RCE) into a single specific attacker-observable impact ("an anonymous attacker can read manager.password"). Also extract target URL, claimed preconditions, attack vector, and file:line refs. If you cannot name a concrete HTTP-observable harm, the claim is not verifiable — say so up front.
2. Ask for credentials if needed — never hardcode. If admin access is required, request from the user.
3. Pre-classify by type (XSS/SQLi/RCE/IDOR/SSRF/etc.) to select the right evidence method.
4. Treat the supplied PoC as a hypothesis, not a spec. Scanner payloads may be incomplete, simplified, or technically inaccurate — do not accept or reject the claim solely because the PoC succeeds or fails as written. Correct reasonable variants that preserve the core claim.
5. Do NOT create the output directory yet — defer until the gate allows live reproduction.

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Phase 2: Code Understanding

Goal: hold a complete map of input → [every defense layer] → sink → harm, read from code.

1. Trace user input → sink through the exact call chain.
2. Check ALL defenses and execution layers: validators, type converters, annotations (@DateTimeFormat, @JsonIgnore), interceptors, AOP guards, permission checks, framework behavior, middleware, protocol/client constraints, proxy behavior, authentication state, and deployment configuration.
3. Verify the audit's snippets actually connect: does step_N's output flow into step_N+1's input? Or are they from different entities on different paths?
4. Identify the binding path from the controller signature. @RequestBody → Jackson (@JsonFormat applies). @ModelAttribute → Spring DataBinder (@DateTimeFormat applies). No annotation → defaults to @ModelAttribute. Missing the required annotation → binding fails → unexploitable.
5. Reconstruct the real request format and prerequisites from routes, frontend, middleware, configuration. If live inspection is needed to resolve them, mark the item runtime-dependent rather than guessing.
6. Classify the path as deterministically blocked, plausibly reachable, or runtime-dependent before any HTTP attempt.

Phase 2 Exit Checklist (mandatory before the first attack request)

White-box first, live target only for final confirmation. Do NOT enter Phase 3 to black-box-probe what the code already tells you. Before the first attack request, produce:

1. Full kill chain on paper: entry → data flow → sink, with every defense layer marked (request filter / WAF, validator, binding, ORM, template engine, framework, auth, deployment surface).
2. All defense rules read from code at once — not black-box-guessed. For a WAF: its keyword/symbol lists, matching algorithm, case sensitivity, and the layer it runs on, pulled from the actual class. For a template/SQL sink: the rendered SQL structure — every ${} placeholder, its clause position, whether it repeats, and what's hard-coded after it.
3. Candidate payloads with bypasses, reasoned to "theoretically works" on paper. For each defense, name the specific bypass. If you cannot build a payload that survives every layer on paper, say so now — do not go fishing on the target.
4. Deployment-surface verification (mandatory, often forgotten). Read the deployment shape of the live target yourself, not what the audit assumed:
   • For Java web apps: read server.xml (or equivalent) connector list — which HTTP/HTTPS ports actually listen? Are TLS connectors commented out?
   • For Spring Security requires-channel="https": confirm at least one TLS connector is live in the running target. If only HTTP is listening, channel-check will block every request before the servlet is reached and the attack chain does not reproduce as written — you either need to enable TLS in the local test harness, or stop and call this "Environment-Dependent / Not Reproduced" with a clear statement of which deployment shape would make it reproducible.
   • For reverse-proxy-fronted targets: identify the proxy and how X-Forwarded-Proto / request.isSecure() flows through; confirm the proxy is actually terminating TLS.
   • See references/deployment-surface.md for the full checklist.
5. MUST write down the deployment shape explicitly in the report (§5.1 Environment Preparation) — which port, TLS or not, which connector / proxy. Anyone reproducing from the report must be able to match this. An "environment" without a connector list is not an environment.

If no payload can be reasoned through after exhausting bypass options (see references/payload-bypass.md), that is a deterministic structural blocker — stop as a false positive. Do not burn live rounds on a structurally-impossible injection. And if the deployment surface does not match the chain's prerequisites (e.g. attack requires HTTPS but only HTTP is listening), stop before sending HTTP and resolve the gap first — either patch the deployment shape, or downclass to "未复现 / 环境依赖".

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Phase 2.5: The Gate — three questions before any HTTP

This is the Workflow GATE made concrete. Run it BEFORE any HTTP request, curl, or browser action, and output the answers inline. Quick-Stop only when code or configuration proves the harm is unreachable. A malformed PoC, an unresolved runtime condition, or mere uncertainty is NOT a Quick-Stop reason — proceed and resolve it live.

Q1 — Core claim: what protected asset / trust boundary is allegedly affected, and what observable impact distinguishes it from intended behavior? If no security impact can be defined, Quick-Stop as a non-security finding.

Q2 — Does the path connect?: does user-controlled state actually reach the claimed sink, in the same entity / request path / execution flow, with required handlers, routes, and bindings enabled? If provably disconnected, Quick-Stop. If it connects or can't be resolved statically, continue.

Q3 — Deterministic blocker?: does a validator, type conversion, authorization check, framework behavior, protocol constraint, or configuration irrevocably prevent the harm? In particular for injection (SQL / ORM / template): does the SQL structure make a working payload impossible — same value substituted into multiple positions with conflicting requirements; a placeholder inside a SELECT list; an ON clause hard-coding a column the table lacks; or a multi-line statement where --/# reach only end-of-line and /* has no closing */? If every bypass (--, #, /* */, inline /**/, UNION, subquery, stacked JOIN) fails on paper → structural blocker → Quick-Stop as false positive. Consider reasonable variants first; runtime-dependent findings proceed to Phase 3.

Evidence discipline

• Source inspection, test accounts, raw HTTP, and browser automation are diagnostic tools to isolate layers. State exactly what each result proves; never present a diagnostic shortcut as end-to-end confirmation.
• If only part of the claim is demonstrated, classify it as partially confirmed instead of forcing a binary verdict.

Quick-Stop output template (when deterministic analysis proves NOT a vulnerability)

## Reproduction Triage: <finding title>

**Verdict:** ❌ NOT A SECURITY VULNERABILITY
**Reason:** <one sentence>

**Analysis:**
1. Audit claims: <summary>
2. What the code actually does: <explanation with line references>
3. Deterministic blocker: <the exact defense, disconnected path, or absent impact>
4. Reasonable variants considered: <why they do not restore the same core claim>

**Code smell?** <Yes/No — note if improvement is warranted, but clarify it's not a security bug>

CWE mapping (confirmed vulns only)

CWE	Type	Pattern
CWE-89	SQL Injection	User input in SQL query
CWE-79	XSS	User input rendered unsanitized
CWE-918	SSRF	User-controlled URL fetched by server
CWE-22	Path Traversal	../ in file path parameters
CWE-434	Unrestricted File Upload	No extension/content-type validation
CWE-862	Missing Authorization	No permission check on sensitive endpoint
CWE-284/639	IDOR / Broken Access Control	userId/fileId from request, not verified against auth
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	Low-priv user performs admin actions
CWE-200	Information Disclosure	Sensitive data exposed to unauthorized users

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Phase 3 → 4 → 5: Live reproduction, cleanup, report

The gate passed. Create the output directory <project_root>/VULN-<NNN>-<short-title>/img/, then read references/reproduction-guide.md for the full detail. Key points:

目录约定（自包含规则）：<project_root> 即用户提供的「项目地址」目录（可为 git URL 克隆后的本地目录，也可直接是本地目录）。 靶场 docker 环境统一放在 <project_root>/.vuln-env/ 子目录内，不得放到工作区根目录或其它项目目录下； 每份报告放在 <project_root>/VULN-<NNN>-<short-title>/ 内（截图存 <project_root>/VULN-<NNN>-<short-title>/img/）。 这样每个项目自包含，便于单独管理、打包与清理。.vuln-env/ 与 VULN-* 目录均位于 <project_root> 下，互不污染。

• Phase 3 — Test the core claim through HTTP; adapt reasonable PoC variants; distinguish diagnostic evidence from confirmation; capture real browser evidence.
• Phase 4 — Clean up test artifacts via HTTP only (delete test accounts, remove injected data).
• Phase 5.5 — 漏洞评分（CVSS 3.1，客观不激进，强制） — for every 已确认 / 部分确认 finding, score the severity before writing the report:
  1. verdict 与 severity 分离：verdict 由 Phase 3 证据定；severity 必须用 CVSS 3.1 算出，禁止只写"高危/中危"定性词。输出完整向量 + Base Score + 等级。
  2. 分场景评分：利用性/影响依赖部署实况（默认凭据、密码强度、权限、TLS、绑定地址） 时，按场景拆表，报告顶部注明"按部署实况选择对应等级"，主定级取本报告验证的场景， 不得默认取最坏场景。
  3. 反激进护栏（防高估）：
     • 概率性利用（暴力破解/口令猜测/需"猜中"）→ Impact 打折，默认上限 Medium； 只有存在可验证的确定性条件（公开默认凭据未改、已知弱密码、已泄漏凭据可登录） 才可上 High/Critical。
     • "影响大 ≠ 分数高"：分数 = 可利用的确定性 × 影响。超级管理员失守影响很大， 但若只能靠猜密码，不能直接给 High。
     • 无确定性利用路径的"弱点"（无限速/无锁定/无 MFA）→ 不高于 Medium， 倾向"纵深防御建议 / CODE SMELL"。
     • 未验证的"理论影响"不计入 C/I/A；需认证才能利用按实际 PR 计；本地绑定按 AV:L/P。
     • 不确定参数取保守值，多解时列各场景分数。
  4. 完整操作规范见 references/severity-scoring.md（含常见误评对照表：暴力破解、 无限速、纯信息泄露、SSRF 无外泄、需登录的高影响功能、内网绑定端点等）。
• Phase 5 — Generate report.md (simplified Chinese) + convert to .docx via 由平台 artifact/report converter 将 report.md 转换为 .docx，Agent 只提交源报告和转换请求. Template: references/report_template.md. 报送判定 is appended as text feedback. Report MUST include the §2.1-style CVSS scoring section (vector + score + per-scenario table).

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Rules

These rules serve the Expert Workflow above. If a rule and the workflow's intent conflict, follow the workflow (prove one concrete harm via white-box-then-HTTP, no hedging).

1. Scanner findings are hypotheses — verify the underlying claim, not the supplied wording.
2. Code analysis precedes live testing — trace the real path and all defenses before sending requests.
3. The gate is mandatory — construct a "theoretically works" payload on paper first; if none survives, stop as false positive.
4. Confirmation requires observed impact — "code confirmed" or a diagnostic shortcut alone is never final proof.
5. Diagnostic signals are not confirmation — HTTP 500, error fragments, server logs, "sink reached" prove reachability only.
6. Adapt reasonable PoC variants — correct syntax, encoding, request format, and payload shape while preserving the core claim.
7. Check ALL code paths and defenses — application, framework, client/protocol, proxy, authentication, deployment.
8. Use the identity required by the claim — least privilege when privilege boundaries are part of the finding.
9. Never fabricate — screenshots, responses, DB records, or exploit results.
10. One vulnerability = one folder with an img/ subdirectory.
11. Screenshots: real, named step<N>_<action>.png, placed inline after each step.
12. Simplified Chinese for all reports; include a curl PoC.
13. Clean up after modifying vulnerabilities.
14. 维护阶段清单 — 用 phase.updated 事件记录阶段、进度和阻塞原因；平台负责持久化和前端展示，不依赖特定 TodoList 工具。
15. 报送判定 is advice, not a decision — the user decides.
16. No report before attacker-observable evidence — never write report.md before Phase 3 produces attacker-observable impact (see the Phase 5 Evidence Gate in reproduction-guide.md).
17. 证据类型必须匹配可观察影响。 DOM/XSS、渲染或浏览器交互类主张需要真实浏览器证据；API 数据泄露优先保留真实 HTTP 响应，OOB 使用回调记录，文件/二进制影响使用响应与哈希。只有在漏洞影响确实涉及浏览器时才要求浏览器截图。任何 claim whose attacker-observable surface is the rendered HTTP response, the address bar, or a DOM change MUST ship at least one screenshot from a real browser (page.goto + page.screenshot() via Playwright, or a real chrome-devtools navigate_page + take_screenshot). Curl-only reports are valid only when (a) the harm is genuinely console-style (e.g. raw binary, an OOB callback that has no UI surface), or (b) the report is honestly classified "诊断性证据 / 已确认证据缺口" and downgrades the verdict accordingly.

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Classification Decision Tree

Scanner/audit hypothesis
  │
  ├─ Define the core claim and its observable harm
  │   └─ No security impact → QUICK-STOP: non-security finding
  ├─ Trace the actual code path and all defenses
  │   └─ Deterministically disconnected or blocked → QUICK-STOP: false positive
  └─ Plausibly reachable or runtime-dependent → construct payload on paper, then live test
       ├─ Harm observed end-to-end → CONFIRMED
       ├─ Only a supporting weakness / narrower impact proven → PARTIALLY CONFIRMED
       ├─ Missing best practice, no security impact → DEFENSE-IN-DEPTH / CODE SMELL
       ├─ Exhausted bypass, NO payload constructible (structural blocker) → FALSE POSITIVE
       ├─ Complete testing proves a blocker → FALSE POSITIVE
       └─ Required runtime condition unresolved after 5 rounds → NOT REPRODUCED / ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT

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Verdict ↔ Evidence Tier Binding

The verdict word is dictated by the strongest attacker-observable evidence, not by how the work feels. The report's verdict MUST match the tier of evidence you actually have.

Strongest evidence you actually have	Allowed verdict	Forbidden wording
Attacker observes the harm via HTTP (listener receives the request; hash / data echoed in a response; file accessed over HTTP; real DOM change)	已确认 / CONFIRMED	—
Only a supporting weakness or a narrower impact is proven (e.g. SSRF primitive confirmed but no sensitive data exfiltrated; IDOR only on a non-sensitive field)	部分确认 / PARTIALLY CONFIRMED	"已确认", "确认漏洞"
Only code reachability / config / a server-side log or DB row (not attacker-observable)	代码可达 / 代码分析 (not a live confirmation)	"已确认", "确认漏洞"
Best-practice gap with no demonstrated security impact	纵深防御建议 / CODE SMELL	any "confirmed / 漏洞" wording
Exhausted bypass with no constructible payload, OR complete testing proves a blocker	误报 / FALSE POSITIVE	—
Required runtime condition unresolved after 5 rounds	未复现 / 环境依赖	"已确认" or "误报"

Hard rule: server-side signals (HTTP 500, timeout, connection refused, app log lines, DB state, "the sink was reached in a trace") are diagnostic, never confirmation. They may accompany a confirmation but can never be the basis for "已确认".

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Standard 阶段清单模板

Use this skeleton — note the mandatory gate (task 3) and attacker-side evidence-acceptance (task 7, ★), the two steps most often skipped.

1. [ ] Lock the ONE concrete HTTP-observable harm (Phase 1 — not the type label)
2. [ ] Walk the chain in source & read EVERY defense layer (Phase 2)
3. [ ] GATE: construct payload ON PAPER — survives all layers AND produces the harm?
         NO (structural blocker) → FALSE POSITIVE, stop.   YES → proceed.
4. [ ] Phase 2.5 three questions, inline — only if the gate is uncertain
5. [ ] Preflight callback channel reachable (SSRF/OOB only): listener up + target can reach it
6. [ ] Execute the attack via ONE HTTP request / browser
7. [ ] ★ Attacker-side evidence acceptance — did the attacker-observable harm occur?
         (data echoed in response / listener received request / DOM changed / file accessed)
8. [ ] Classify verdict by evidence tier (NOT by feeling)
9. [ ] ★ Phase 5.5 severity scoring — CVSS 3.1 vector + Base Score + per-scenario table,
         anti-inflation guardrails (brute-force/rate-limit → Medium cap; impact×determinism,
         conservative values). See references/severity-scoring.md. (Only for 已确认/部分确认)
10. [ ] Phase 5 Evidence Gate → write report.md (only if gate passes; must embed the §2.1-style
         scoring section)
11. [ ] Inline all screenshots with ![](...)
12. [ ] Phase 4 cleanup

Task 3 gates task 6 — do NOT execute if the paper payload doesn't survive. Task 7 gates task 10 — if the harm was not observed, task 10 must use a lower verdict, not "CONFIRMED". Task 9 (scoring) gates task 10 — never write the report without a scored severity section.

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Tools Priority

1. Read — source code, config, local dependency jars (read-only; the white-box foundation)
2. Playwright / chrome-devtools — browser interaction, real screenshots
3. page.evaluate() / fetch() — extract response content, hash verification
4. Bash (curl) — quick HTTP verification, NOT for report evidence
5. Bash (mysql CLI) — SELECT queries only

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Reference Files

File	When to read
references/reproduction-guide.md	Phase 3-5: full reproduction, evidence, and report details
references/severity-scoring.md	Phase 5.5 (mandatory): CVSS 3.1 scoring, per-scenario tables, anti-inflation guardrails, common misrating table
references/payload-bypass.md	Phase 2-3 (the gate): WAF/filter bypass techniques + white-box payload construction method
references/deployment-surface.md	Phase 2 exit checklist (item 4): read connector / proxy / TLS-termination before Phase 3
references/anti-patterns.md	When unsure if a finding is valid — review common mistakes
references/report_template.md	Phase 5: report structure template
references/vulnerability_reporting_criteria.md	Phase 5: 报送判定 criteria
references/xss_evidence_methods.md	Phase 3: XSS-specific evidence collection
references/windows-compatibility.md	Windows PowerShell encoding and tooling issues