Learning Web-Sec — Day 21 — Directory/Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Learning Web-Sec — Day 21 — Directory/Path Traversal Vulnerabilities

Part IV — Solving PortSwigger’s Lab 5 and 6 of Directory Traversal

In today’s blog, we’ll delve into the Solution and logic of 5th and 6th lab focused on Directory Traversal, offered by PortSwigger’s Academy.

Lab 5 — File path traversal, validation of start of path (Link)

Level of Lab: Practitioner

Description of Lab:

This lab contains a file path traversal vulnerability in the display of product images.

The …

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