Type Juggling Vulnerability Exploited in PHP Challenge
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🎃 Type Juggling Vulnerability Exploited in Juggling Facts Challenge. The Juggling Facts challenge reveals a Type Juggling vulnerability in a PHP-based website that presents pumpkin facts. To retrieve a flag from the database, users must meet two conflicting conditions: the payload must be a JSON object with a field whose value is not a string equal to a specific value, while simultaneously needing that value to be a string equal to the same. By leveraging PHP’s loose comparison rules, the challenge can be exploited by sending a JSON payload with a boolean value, successfully bypassing the restrictions and retrieving the flag. This write-up highlights the intricacies of type handling in PHP and the potential for exploitation through careful manipulation.
