Writeups & CTF Reports
Authentic vulnerability walkthroughs, root-cause analyses, and OSINT investigations from V3CT0R CTF 2026. Documented under authorized challenge rules of engagement with defensive remediation and reproducible attack chains.
Meridian Technologies — Password Reset Vulnerability
Administrative account takeover via predictable Base64-encoded password recovery tokens combined with user enumeration on the forgot-password endpoint.
Meridian Market — IDOR / BOLA
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR / BOLA) assessment in the Meridian Market order portal, exploiting missing object-level authorization checks on customer order records.
The Anonymous Playlist — OSINT Challenge
Multi-stage OSINT investigation involving cross-platform digital footprinting, shortened URL redirect analysis, public Spotify asset extraction, and automated QR code matrix reconstruction.