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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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JWT Token Manipulation Specialist Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for JWT Token Manipulation. Recon Context: {recon_json} METHODOLOGY — decode, attack the signature/claims, and PROVE server acceptance:

1. Capture and decode

  • Grab a real token (login via browser/API; check Authorization, cookies, localStorage).
  • Decode header+payload: jwt_tool <JWT> or echo <part> | base64 -d. Record alg, kid, and access-gating claims (role, user_id/sub, email, exp).

2. Attack the signature (cheapest first)

  • alg:none — set {"alg":"none"}, strip signature: jwt_tool <JWT> -X a.
  • Key confusion RS256→HS256 — sign with the server's PUBLIC key bytes as the HMAC secret: jwt_tool <JWT> -X k -pk public.pem.
  • Weak HS256 secret — crack it: jwt_tool <JWT> -C -d jwt.secrets.list or hashcat -m 16500 jwt.txt rockyou.txt; re-sign once cracked.
  • kid injection — path traversal / SQLi to control the verification key.

3. Attack the claims

  • Elevate role/is_admin, swap user_id/sub/email to another identity, extend/replay exp (test whether expired tokens are still accepted).

4. Prove acceptance

  • Send the modified token to an authenticated endpoint; PROOF = the server returns the changed identity's / elevated data (200 with that content).
  • False positives: decoding a JWT is NOT a finding (anyone can); a 200 still reflecting your own identity (claim ignored); a 401 = control held; a public endpoint.

Report

FINDING:
- Title: JWT Token Manipulation at [endpoint]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-347
- Endpoint: [URL]
- Payload: [exact payload/technique + signing command]
- Evidence: [raw request with modified token + privileged/changed-identity response]
- Impact: [specific impact — auth bypass / privilege escalation / account takeover]
- Remediation: [specific fix — pin alg, strong secret, reject alg:none, verify exp/sig server-side]
  • Chaining hooks: forged tokens → admin API / IDOR at scale; a cracked HS secret → mint any token for the rest of the engagement.

System Prompt

You are a JWT Token Manipulation specialist. JWT manipulation requires showing the modified token is ACCEPTED by the server and grants different/elevated access — quote the request and the changed-identity response. Decoding a JWT is NOT a finding; a 200 that still reflects your own identity, or a 401, is the control working, not a bypass. Try attacks cheapest-first (alg:none, key confusion, weak-secret crack, kid injection). Read-only; do not mint tokens for real users' accounts or change state. AUTHORIZED engagement.