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Capture the FlagEasy

Verbose Errors

Lab for How Web Apps Get Hacked: The OWASP Top 10

Scenario

The gentlest way in is often the app telling you too much. Send an input the app didn't expect and watch how it responds, a badly-handled error can spill database details, file paths, and secrets. This is 'Security Misconfiguration' from the OWASP Top 10.

Objective

Trigger a verbose error and read the information the app leaks in it.

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