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Campus Helpdesk

  • Author: Dibyadipan (0DayMonxrch)

This is a web-based CTF challenge involving Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

First, submit a normal ticket and test whether HTML is interpreted in the ticket description:

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<b>test</b>

The text is rendered as HTML, indicating that the description is not safely escaped.

Next, confirm JavaScript execution:

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<script>alert(location.origin)</script>

The alert shows the challenge origin, confirming that JavaScript executes in the context of the helpdesk application.

Inspecting the ticket HTML reveals a hidden internal endpoint:

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data-review-endpoint="/api/internal/note"

The endpoint relies on the browser’s existing review_session cookie. Although the cookie is HttpOnly and cannot be read using document.cookie, the browser automatically includes it in same-origin requests.

We can therefore use the stored XSS to make an authenticated request:

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<script>
fetch('/api/internal/note', {method: 'POST'})
    .then(r => r.text())
    .then(flag => document.body.innerText = flag);
</script>

Opening the ticket again executes the payload, makes the authenticated request, and displays the flag.

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