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You are performing a pentest on a web application for an external client. During the enumeration phase, you discover that regular users can access hidden sections within the application which should be available only to administrators. For example, if you browse directly to the URL: https://example.com/admin you get access to all information and functions for which only admins should be allowed to access because this page or link is not disclosed anywhere on a regular user page. Now that you found this issue, can you showcase how would you present this issue in the official report which will be presented to the client, starting with the Risk Level, Vulnerability Name, Issue Description, Additional Notes, if you need them, and your recommendation on how this issue can be solved.
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Ethical Hacker

Interviewed at Centric

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Jul 2, 2025

You are performing a pentest on a web application for an external client. During the enumeration phase, you discover that regular users can access hidden sections within the application which should be available only to administrators. For example, if you browse directly to the URL: https://example.com/admin you get access to all information and functions for which only admins should be allowed to access because this page or link is not disclosed anywhere on a regular user page. Now that you found this issue, can you showcase how would you present this issue in the official report which will be presented to the client, starting with the Risk Level, Vulnerability Name, Issue Description, Additional Notes, if you need them, and your recommendation on how this issue can be solved.

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