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Web Security
Web Security

CyCTF 2023 Challenge: A Whitebox Walkthrough of "The Secret App v1.0"

A whitebox walkthrough of the CyCTF 2023 'Secret App v1.0' challenge — chaining second-order blind SQL injection, a CAPTCHA logic flaw, and insecure session handling into a full admin account takeover.

Hussein Misbah · Jun 16, 2026 · 14 min
IoT Security
IoT Security

Remote Code Execution on SolarView Compact Firmware: A Technical Walkthrough

In this post, we demonstrate how we achieved Remote Code Execution (RCE) on a web server connected to a solar system monitoring firmware: SolarView Compact. This walkthrough covers four key stages: Firmware Extraction, Reconnaissance, Code Review, and Exploitation.

Khaled Emad · Jun 16, 2026 · 5 min