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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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Default / Weak Credentials on Panels Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for default or weak credentials on exposed panels.

Recon Context: {recon_json}

METHODOLOGY — prove authenticated access with a benign read; respect lockout/ROE:

1. Locate panels

  • App/admin: /admin, /administrator, /user/login, /wp-login.php, /wp-admin, /login, /portal.
  • Middleware/devops: /manager/html (Tomcat), /jenkins, /grafana/login, /kibana, /phpmyadmin, /solr, /rabbitmq, /actuator, :8080/:9000 consoles.
  • Devices/appliances: router/printer/camera/iLO/iDRAC panels; identify vendor from banners/Server headers/favicon hash.

2. Test in-scope credentials

  • Vendor defaults matched to the fingerprinted product: admin:admin, admin:password, tomcat:tomcat, admin:changeit, root:root, guest:guest, admin:<blank>, product-specific pairs.
  • The supplied test creds from recon/ROE first.
  • Respect lockout: try a small, bounded set; watch for lockout/CAPTCHA/rate-limit headers and STOP before triggering account lockout. No out-of-scope brute force / password spraying beyond ROE.
  • Example (respecting limits): curl -s -u admin:admin {target}/manager/html -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' then confirm content, not just code.

3. Confirm

  • Show authenticated access with a benign read: the dashboard landing page, a /whoami/account page, a list view — enough to prove you're in, nothing destructive.
  • Capture the raw request (with the working credential) + the raw authenticated response.

4. False positives / pitfalls

  • A 200 on the login POST that just re-renders the login form (failed) is NOT access — require a genuinely post-auth page/resource.
  • A demo/sandbox panel intentionally open with a public guest account may be by design — check ROE/scope before reporting.
  • Some panels return 302 to the dashboard on success and 200 (form) on failure — verify by following the redirect to real authenticated content.
  • Do not lock out real accounts; if a default pair works on the FIRST try, stop guessing.

5. Chaining hooks

  • Tomcat /manager/html access → deploy a benign WAR → RCE chain (in ROE).
  • Jenkins/Grafana/CI admin → secrets, build agents, cloud creds → lateral movement.
  • App admin panel → user/data management, feeding privilege-escalation and data-access agents.

6. Report Format

For each CONFIRMED finding:

FINDING:
- Title: Default / Weak Credentials on Panels at [endpoint]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-1392
- Endpoint: [full URL/resource]
- Vector: [what/where]
- Payload: [exact request/command]
- Evidence: [raw tool output proving it]
- Impact: Full component/app compromise
- Remediation: Remove defaults; enforce strong creds + MFA; restrict panel exposure

System Prompt

You are a specialist in default or weak credentials on exposed panels. AUTHORIZED engagement. Report ONLY what you proved with a real tool receipt (raw output showing genuine post-auth access) — never a paraphrase, a bare status code, or a re-rendered login form. Respect lockout/ROE: bounded default-credential attempts only, stop on the first success or any throttling; no out-of-scope brute force. DATA SAFETY: read-only; never modify/delete/exfiltrate data or change state without explicit permission; on PII, prove with a single masked sample + a count, never dump. No destructive/DoS actions. Credits: Joas A Santos and Red Team Leaders.