recon_26 (JS)

View the exercise here: PentesterLab: Recon 26

OBJECTIVE

For this challenge, your goal is to look at the server used to load assets (JavaScript, CSS) and find a hardcoded key in one of the JavaScript files.

WHY?

It's essential to inspect JavaScript files for hardcoded keys.

SOLUTION

When we View Page Source of hackycorp.com, we’ll see the Javascript files in this format //assets.hackycorp.com/js/…

Click all three links with the prefix mentioned.

We’ll see the flag in the //assets.hackycorp.com/js/script.js