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Submit the modified image through the profile update page.

A web application allowing image uploads for user profiles.

The server may only check if the filename ends in .jpg or .png using a regular expression that can be bypassed or contains logic flaws. 21998286_cwx094_035.jpg

Run exiftool to check for hidden strings or warnings like "Unknown bytes after JPEG segment," which often indicates appended data.

To exploit this, you can embed a PHP "one-liner" into the image's metadata or at the end of the file: Submit the modified image through the profile update page

Bypass security filters to upload a malicious file (often a web shell) disguised as a legitimate image and achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) . 1. Initial Enumeration

Use strings to look for readable text or base64-encoded strings within the binary data. 2. Vulnerability Discovery Run exiftool to check for hidden strings or

When encountering an image file in a CTF, the first step is to verify its integrity and metadata: