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Week 6 Writeup
The Vanished Cryptographer
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#The Vanished Cryptographer
#Challenge Overview
Note
Category: Web Exploitation, OSINT, Digital Forensics, Cryptography
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
#Step 1 · Leaking the Vault via UNION SQL Injection
Navigate to the search portal:
/searchThe application filters documents by keyword using the q parameter.
The backend WAF blocks:
- Wildcards (
*) - SQL comments (
--,#) - Destructive SQL statements (, , , )