Aragog

Verified writeups for the Aragog machine of Hack The Box

Aragog

$ tldr XXE → modificar login WP para robar credenciales

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.78
Retirement date	2018-07-21
Skills	XXE (XML External Entity Injection) Exploitation Modifying a wordpress login to steal credentials (Privilege Escalation)

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇬🇧 EN	0xdf	Texto	Open
🇬🇧 EN	IppSec	Vídeo	Open

Skill resources

Curated documentation for each technique listed in the Skills column above. Sources: HackTricks, GTFOBins, PortSwigger, etc.

Skill	Source	Link
XML External Entity	HackTricks	Open
WordPress Exploitation	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Server-Side Request Forgery · Remote Code Execution (RCE)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07