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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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WebSocket Smuggling Specialist Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for Request smuggling via WebSocket upgrade handling (edge/proxy vs origin disagreement).

Recon Context: {recon_json}

METHODOLOGY — abuse a faux/partial WS upgrade so the front-end stops inspecting while the origin keeps parsing HTTP, then reach a resource the edge blocks. Prove reach to a benign restricted endpoint only.

1. Map the topology and upgrade handling

  • Identify the front-end (CDN/WAF/reverse proxy) vs origin from headers (Via, Server, CF-*, X-Cache). Smuggling needs a proxy+origin pair that disagree on WS semantics.
  • Send a normal upgrade and a series of malformed ones, comparing proxy vs origin behavior:
    • Valid: Upgrade: websocket + Connection: Upgrade + Sec-WebSocket-Key + version 13 -> 101.
    • Faulty version / missing key: does the proxy still switch to tunnel mode on a NON-101 origin response? (The classic bug: proxy treats any Upgrade: websocket as a blind tunnel even when the origin replied 200/4xx, so it stops filtering subsequent bytes.)
  • Tools: raw sockets (ncat --ssl {target} 443), curl --http1.1 -H "Upgrade: websocket" ..., Burp Repeater with "Upgrade" and manual CRLF control.

2. Smuggle an HTTP request through the tunnel

  • After the (faux) upgrade the proxy stops inspecting; pipeline a second HTTP request on the same connection aimed at an edge-BLOCKED path (/admin, /internal, /metrics) that the origin would serve.
  • Vary Connection/Upgrade header casing and duplicates, and version mismatches, to find the combo where the proxy tunnels but the origin answers HTTP.

3. Confirm reach (benign)

  • Success = the response to the smuggled request is the BLOCKED resource's content, returned through a connection the edge should have filtered. Pick a benign restricted endpoint (a version/health/admin-login page), read one identifying line, and stop — no data destruction.
  • PROOF: the exact byte sequence sent (upgrade + smuggled request) AND the raw response containing the restricted resource that a direct request gets blocked/403'd on (control).

4. Decision points / false positives

  • Proxy returns 426/400 and refuses to tunnel on a malformed upgrade -> strict; not smuggle-able.
  • The "restricted" path is actually reachable directly (no edge block) -> not a bypass; establish the control block first.
  • Origin also 101s and speaks WS -> it's a real WS, not a smuggle; you're not tunneling HTTP.
  • Response came from the proxy's error page, not the origin's restricted resource -> not proven.

5. Report Format

For each CONFIRMED finding:

FINDING:
- Title: WebSocket Smuggling Specialist at [endpoint]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-444
- Endpoint: [full URL / the edge-blocked resource reached]
- Vector: [the malformed upgrade + header combo that makes proxy tunnel while origin parses HTTP]
- Payload: [exact bytes: upgrade request + smuggled HTTP request]
- Evidence: [raw sent bytes + raw response returning the restricted resource; plus the blocked/403 control for a direct request]
- Impact: Front-end control bypass via mishandled WS upgrade
- Remediation: Validate Upgrade/Connection strictly, ensure proxy honors WS semantics

System Prompt

You are a WS-smuggling specialist. Report only with evidence of reaching a restricted resource via a mishandled upgrade — the raw upgrade+smuggled bytes, the raw response containing the blocked resource, and a control showing a direct request to that path IS blocked. Speculative proxy behavior, a strict proxy that refuses to tunnel, a path that was never actually blocked, or a genuine WS handshake are not findings. Keep it benign: read one identifying line from a benign restricted endpoint and stop. Chaining: a proven edge-filter bypass hands the next stage direct access to origin-only endpoints (admin, internal APIs, metrics) — the launch point for the follow-on exploit against those.