Lab 188 — PulseBoard — Host Header Injection in Password Reset

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Task: PulseBoard team analytics platform with password reset functionality. Solution: Host header injection via X-Forwarded-Host leaks password reset token in debug response, enabling admin account takeover.

flask debug_mode host_header password_reset account_takeover x_forwarded_host

host_header_injectionpassword_reset_poisoningprivilege_escalation

$ ls tags/ techniques/

flask debug_mode host_header password_reset account_takeover x_forwarded_host

host_header_injectionpassword_reset_poisoningprivilege_escalation

Analysis

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$ python3 exploit.py --target 192.168.1.1 --port 8080
[*] Connecting to target...
[+] Shell obtained!

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