baby breaking grad

Platform: HackTheBox | Category: Web | Difficulty: Easy | Author: D3v0o0Nu11 | Date: 2026-02-10

Description

We corrected the math in our physics teacher's paper and now he is failing us out of spite for making a fool out of him in the university's research symposium, now we can't graduate, unless we can do something about it...

Solution Approach

Core idea: Identify the weakness from source review or fingerprinting first. Iterate with incremental payloads instead of guessing.

Steps

1. First, open the host given.

2. After i chose every one of them, i got the same result.

3. Let's check the page source.

4. Check the main.js.

5. This one caught my attention.

Flag

(no flag captured)

Lessons Learned

1. Identify the weakness from source review or fingerprinting first.
2. Iterate with incremental payloads instead of guessing.
3. Reuse the same pattern in future engagements.