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Javascript Characters Brute-Force
JavaScript Comments BF
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//This is a 1 line comment
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/* This is a multiline comment*/
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#!This is a 1 line comment, but "#!" must to be at the beggining of the line
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-->This is a 1 line comment, but "-->" must to be at the beggining of the line
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​
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​
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  for (let j = 0; j < 128; j++) {
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    for (let k = 0; k < 128; k++) {
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      for (let l = 0; l < 128; l++) {
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        if (j == 34 || k ==34 || l ==34)
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          continue;
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        if (j == 0x0a || k ==0x0a || l ==0x0a)
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          continue;
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        if (j == 0x0d || k ==0x0d || l ==0x0d)
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          continue;
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        if (j == 0x3c || k ==0x3c || l ==0x3c)
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          continue;
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        if (
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           (j == 47 && k == 47)
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           ||(k == 47 && l == 47)
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          )
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          continue;
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    try {
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        var cmd = String.fromCharCode(j) + String.fromCharCode(k) + String.fromCharCode(l) + 'a.orange.ctf"';
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        eval(cmd);
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    } catch(e) {
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        var err = e.toString().split('\n')[0].split(':')[0];
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        if (err === 'SyntaxError' || err === "ReferenceError")
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          continue
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        err = e.toString().split('\n')[0]
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    }
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       console.log(err,cmd);
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    }
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    }
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  }
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  //From: https://balsn.tw/ctf_writeup/20191012-hitconctfquals/#bounty-pl33z
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Javascript New Lines BF
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//Javascript interpret as new line these chars:
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String.fromCharCode(10) //0x0a
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String.fromCharCode(13) //0x0d
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String.fromCharCode(8232) //0xe2 0x80 0xa8
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String.fromCharCode(8233) //0xe2 0x80 0xa8
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​
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  for (let j = 0; j < 65536; j++) {
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    try {
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        var cmd = '"aaaaa";'+String.fromCharCode(j) + '-->a.orange.ctf"';
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        eval(cmd);
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    } catch(e) {
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        var err = e.toString().split('\n')[0].split(':')[0];
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        if (err === 'SyntaxError' || err === "ReferenceError")
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          continue;
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        err = e.toString().split('\n')[0]
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    }
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    console.log(`[${err}]`,j,cmd);
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  }
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//From: https://balsn.tw/ctf_writeup/20191012-hitconctfquals/#bounty-pl33z
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Surrogate Pairs BF
This technique won't be very useful for XSS but it could be useful to bypass WAF protections. This python code receive as input 2bytes and it search a surrogate pairs that have the first byte as the the last bytes of the High surrogate pair and the the last byte as the last byte of the low surrogate pair.
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def unicode(findHex):
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    for i in range(0,0xFFFFF):
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        H = hex(int(((i - 0x10000) / 0x400) + 0xD800))
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        h = chr(int(H[-2:],16))
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        L = hex(int(((i - 0x10000) % 0x400 + 0xDC00)))
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        l = chr(int(L[-2:],16))
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        if(h == findHex[0]) and (l == findHex[1]):     
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            print(H.replace("0x","\\u")+L.replace("0x","\\u"))
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More info:
​https://github.com/dreadlocked/ctf-writeups/blob/master/nn8ed/README.md​
​https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding​
.map js files
Trick to download .map js files: https://medium.com/@bitthebyte/javascript-for-bug-bounty-hunters-part-2-f82164917e7​
You can use this tool to analyze these files https://github.com/paazmaya/shuji​
"--" Assignment
The decrement operator -- is also an asignment. This operator takes a value and then decrements it by one. If that value is not a number, it will be set to NaN. This can be used to remove the content of variables from the environment.
Functions Tricks
Arrow functions
Arrow functions allow you to generate functions in a single line more easily (if you understand them)
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// Traditional
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function (a){ return a + 1; }
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// Arrow forms
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a => a + 100;
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a => {a + 100};
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​
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// Traditional
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function (a, b){ return a + b + 1; }
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// Arrow
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(a, b) => a + b + 100;
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​
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// Tradictional no args
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let a = 4;
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let b = 2;
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function (){ return a + b + 1; }
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​
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// Arrow
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let a = 4;
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let b = 2;
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() => a + b + 1;
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So, most of the previous functions are actually useless because we aren't saving them anywhere to save and call them. Example creating the plusone function:
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// Traductional
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function plusone (a){ return a + 1; }
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​
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//Arrow
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plusone = a => a + 100;
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Bind function
The bind function allow to create a copy of a function modifying the this object and the parameters given.
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//This will use the this object and print "Hello World"
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var fn = function ( param1, param2 ) {
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    console.info( this, param1, param2 );
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}
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fn('Hello', 'World')
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​
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//This will still use the this object and print "Hello World"
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var copyFn = fn.bind();
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copyFn('Hello', 'World')
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​
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//This will use the "console" object as "this" object inside the function and print "fixingparam1 Hello"
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var bindFn_change = fn.bind(console, "fixingparam1");
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bindFn_change('Hello', 'World') 
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​
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//This will still use the this object and print "fixingparam1 Hello"
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var bindFn_thisnull = fn.bind(null, "fixingparam1");
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bindFn_change('Hello', 'World')
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​
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//This will still use the this object and print "fixingparam1 Hello"
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var bindFn_this = fn.bind(this, "fixingparam1");
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bindFn_change('Hello', 'World')
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Note that using bind you can manipulate the this object that is going to be used when calling the function.
Function code leak
If you can access the object of a function you can get the code of that function
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function afunc(){
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    return 1+1;
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}
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console.log(afunc.toString()); //This will print the code of the function
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console.log(String(afunc)); //This will print the code of the function
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console.log(this.afunc.toString()); //This will print the code of the function
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console.log(global.afunc.toString()); //This will print the code of the function
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In cases where the function doesn't have any name, you can still print the function code from within:
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(function (){ return arguments.callee.toString(); })()
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(function (){ return arguments[0]; })("arg0")
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Some random ways to extract the code of a function (even comments) from another function:
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(function (){ return retFunc => String(arguments[0]) })(a=>{/* Hidden commment */})()
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(function (){ return retFunc => Array(arguments[0].toString()) })(a=>{/* Hidden commment */})()
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(function (){ return String(this)}).bind(()=>{ /* Hidden commment */ })()
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(u=>(String(u)))(_=>{ /* Hidden commment */ })
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(u=>_=>(String(u)))(_=>{ /* Hidden commment */ })()
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Breakpoint on access to value
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// Stop when a property in sessionStorage or localStorage is set/get
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// via getItem or setItem functions
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sessionStorage.getItem = localStorage.getItem  = function(prop) {
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    debugger;
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    return sessionStorage[prop];
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}
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​
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localStorage.setItem = function(prop, val) {
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    debugger;
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    localStorage[prop] = val;
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}
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// Stop when anyone sets or gets the property "ppmap" in any object
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// For example sessionStorage.ppmap
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// "123".ppmap
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// Useful to find where weird properties are being set or accessed
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// or to find where prototype pollutions are occurring 
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​
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function debugAccess(obj, prop, debugGet=true){
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​
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    var origValue = obj[prop];
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​
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    Object.defineProperty(obj, prop, {
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        get: function () {
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            if ( debugGet )
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                debugger;
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            return origValue;
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        },
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        set: function(val) {
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            debugger;
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            origValue = val;
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        }
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    });
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};
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​
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debugAccess(Object.prototype, 'ppmap')
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Automatic Browser Access to test payloads
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//Taken from https://github.com/svennergr/writeups/blob/master/inti/0621/README.md
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const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");
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​
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const realPasswordLength = 3000;
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async function sleep(ms) {
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  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
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}
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(async () => {
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  const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
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  const page = await browser.newPage();
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  //Loop to iterate through different values
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  for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i += 100) {
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    console.log(`Run number ${i}`);
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    const input = `${"0".repeat(i)}${realPasswordLength}`;
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    console.log(`  https://challenge-0621.intigriti.io/passgen.php?passwordLength=${input}&allowNumbers=true&allowSymbols=true&timestamp=1624556811000`);
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    //Go to the page
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    await page.goto(
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      `https://challenge-0621.intigriti.io/passgen.php?passwordLength=${input}&allowNumbers=true&allowSymbols=true&timestamp=1624556811000`
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    );
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    //Call function "generate()" inside the page
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    await page.evaluate("generate()");
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    //Get node inner text from an HTML element
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    const passwordContent = await page.$eval(
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      ".alert .page-content",
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      (node) => node[0].innerText
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    );
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    //Transform the content and print it in console
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    const plainPassword = passwordContent.replace("Your password is: ", "");
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    if (plainPassword.length != realPasswordLength) {
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      console.log(i, plainPassword.length, plainPassword);
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    }
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​
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    await sleep(1000);
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  }
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  await browser.close();
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})();
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Javascript Characters Brute-Force

JavaScript Comments BF

Javascript New Lines BF

Breakpoint on access to value

Automatic Browser Access to test payloads