🎯 What You'll Learn
- Exploit XPath injection to bypass auth and extract data
- Manipulate LDAP filters for access and disclosure
- Abuse HTML-to-PDF rendering for SSRF/file read
- Map remediation per sink
Overview
Injection isn’t only about databases. This lab targets XPath and LDAP queries plus HTML injection in PDF-generation libraries that can leak server files.
Core Topics
- XPath query abuse
- LDAP filter injection
- PDF library SSRF
- Generic injection theory
Prerequisites
A working KaliRange lab environment and comfort with the Linux command line.
Recommended Workflow
- Spin up the target in your KaliRange lab environment and confirm connectivity.
- Enumerate the target thoroughly before touching any exploit — information first.
- Reproduce each technique by hand so you understand why it works, not just the command.
- Capture evidence (commands, output, screenshots) as you go.
- Write a short note on how a defender would detect or prevent what you just did.
Only ever run these techniques against systems you own or have explicit written permission to test. Practise inside your own KaliRange lab.
Your Goal
Work through every task in your own lab, document your findings as you would on a real engagement, then note the defensive takeaways.
Ready to practise. Work through the steps above at your own pace, then move on to a related lab.