| category | web |
| name | ctf-web |
| description | Provides web exploitation techniques for CTF challenges. Use when the target is primarily an HTTP application, API, browser client, template engine, identity flow, or smart-contract frontend/backend surface, including XSS, SQLi, SSTI, SSRF, XXE, JWT, auth bypass, file upload, request smuggling, OAuth/OIDC, SAML, prototype pollution, and similar web bugs. Do not use it for native binary memory corruption, reverse engineering of standalone executables, disk or memory forensics, or pure cryptanalysis unless the web flaw is still the main path to the flag. |
| license | MIT |
| compatibility | Requires filesystem-based agent (Claude Code or similar) with bash, Python 3, and internet access for tool installation. |
| allowed-tools | Bash Read Write Edit Glob Grep Task WebFetch WebSearch |
| metadata | {"user-invocable":"false"} |
CTF Web Exploitation
Use this skill as a routing and execution guide for web-heavy challenges. Keep the first pass short: map the app, confirm the trust boundary, and only then dive into the detailed technique notes.
Prerequisites
Python packages (all platforms):
pip install sqlmap flask-unsign requests
Linux (apt):
apt install hashcat jq curl
macOS (Homebrew):
brew install hashcat jq curl
Go tools (all platforms, requires Go):
go install github.com/ffuf/ffuf/v2@latest
Manual install:
- ysoserial — GitHub, requires Java (Java deserialization payloads)
Additional Resources
- sql-injection.md - SQL injection techniques: auth bypass, UNION extraction, filter bypasses, second-order SQLi, truncation, race-assisted leaks, INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE password overwrite, innodb_table_stats WAF bypass
- server-side.md - PHP type juggling, php://filter LFI, Python str.format traversal, SSTI (Jinja2, Twig, ERB, Mako, EJS, Vue.js, Smarty), SSRF (Host header, DNS rebinding, curl redirect, unescaped-dot regex, SNI FTP smuggling, mod_vhost_alias), PHP hash_hmac NULL
- server-side-2.md - XXE (basic, OOB, DOCX upload), XML injection via X-Forwarded-For, PHP variable variables, PHP uniqid predictable filename, sequential regex replacement bypass, command injection (newline, blocklist, sendmail CGI, multi-barcode, git CLI), GraphQL injection (introspection, batching, interpolation)
- server-side-exec.md - Direct code execution paths, upload-to-RCE, deserialization-adjacent execution, LaTeX injection, header and API abuses
- server-side-exec-2.md - More execution chains: SQLi fragmentation, path parser tricks, polyglot uploads, wrapper abuse, filename injection, BMP pixel webshell with filename truncation
- server-side-deser.md - Java/Python/PHP deserialization and race-condition playbooks, PHP SoapClient CRLF SSRF via deserialization
