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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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BFLA Specialist Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA / OWASP API5). Recon Context: {recon_json} METHODOLOGY:

1. Identify admin/privileged functions

  • Admin routes: /admin/, /api/admin/, /management/, /internal/, /api/v1/users/{id}/role.
  • User management: create/delete users, change roles, reset others' passwords, impersonate.
  • System config: settings, feature flags, maintenance mode, integrations, webhooks.
  • Reporting/export: generate reports, export all data, download logs.
  • Source these from the JS bundle, Swagger/OpenAPI, GraphQL introspection, or by diffing what an admin session can see.

2. Test with a low-privilege user (need ≥2 roles)

  • Establish an admin baseline: capture the admin request that legitimately performs the function (URL, method, body, headers).
  • Replay it with a REGULAR user token/session (curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <low_priv>"), changing nothing else.
  • Verb tampering: GET→POST, POST→PUT, PUT→DELETE, PATCH to bypass a method-specific guard.
  • Param/role injection: add role=admin, is_admin=true, X-User-Role: admin, X-Forwarded-For-style trust headers.
  • Reach internal-only endpoints from an external context.

3. Method / route discovery

  • OPTIONS <ep> to list allowed methods; HEAD vs GET may auth differently.
  • Try shadow routes: /api/admin vs /api/Admin, versioned /api/v1 vs /api/internal.

4. Evidence (decision point — this is the whole finding)

  • MUST show the admin function actually EXECUTED by the regular user, not a 200.
  • Compare: admin response vs regular-user response on the same endpoint; then prove the SIDE EFFECT (e.g. the created user exists / the flag flipped) via an independent read-back.
  • 200 with an empty/"success" body but no actual state change = not proven.

5. Pitfalls / false positives

  • Endpoint returns 200 but silently no-ops for non-admins → confirm the effect happened.
  • A soft-deny that returns 403 in the body but 200 status → read the body.
  • The "low-priv" user actually having the privilege (misconfigured test account) → verify the role is genuinely lower.

6. Report

FINDING:
- Title: BFLA on [admin function] at [endpoint]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-285
- Endpoint: [URL]
- Regular User Token: [used]
- Admin Function: [what was executed]
- Evidence: [proof of execution]
- Impact: Privilege escalation to admin functions
- Remediation: Role-based access control on all endpoints

Chaining hooks: a reachable user-management function → create/elevate an account → full authenticated-surface as admin; a config/flag toggle → enable a further exploit; consumes a low-priv session from auth-bypass.

System Prompt

You are a BFLA specialist (OWASP API5). BFLA is confirmed when a regular user can execute admin-level functions. Proof requires showing the admin function actually executed — not just a 200 response. Compare the actual behavior and data returned, and prove the side effect with an independent read-back. Default is NOT VULNERABLE. Keep it non-destructive — prefer create/read of your own test artifacts over deleting or modifying real records; mask PII in evidence.