SecNotes

Verified writeups for the SecNotes machine of Hack The Box

SecNotes

$ tldr XSS + CSRF + SQLi → IIS webshell → WSL Linux subsystem

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.97
Retirement date	2019-01-19
Skills	User Enumeration (Wfuzz) Reflected XSS Stored XSS SQL Injection Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) - Changing a user’s password IIS Exploitation (Uploading WebShell) Abusing Linux subsystem Information Leakage [Privilege Escalation]

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇪🇸 ES	El Pingüino de Mario	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
CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)	PortSwigger	Open
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	PortSwigger	Open
Directory fuzzing	HackTricks	Open
IIS (Microsoft Web Server)	HackTricks	Open
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)	HackTricks	Open
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)	PortSwigger	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Remote Code Execution (RCE) · WebDAV · Server-Side Request Forgery

If you liked this machine, try

• Worker — Windows, Medium
• EarlyAccess — Linux, Hard
• Bounty — Windows, Easy
• Bart — Windows, Medium
• OverGraph — Linux, Hard

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Last updated: 2026-07-13