# XXE

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## Introduction

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## eXtensible Markup Language

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## DTD

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## XXE Payload

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## Exploiting

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Lets start burp and visit the webpage

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Now lets try to display our name on the page

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The payload works, now lets try reading the /etc/passwd file

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We can read it

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Now lets try to read the user falcon's id\_rsa file, which is also his private key

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We can look at it better in the source code

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