This article discusses how AI can be leveraged for ethical hacking to escalate vulnerabilities in web applications. The author shares a personal experience of using ChatGPT to conduct mass reconnaissance, identify SQL injection vulnerabilities, and successfully escalate to remote file inclusion attacks. The narrative emphasizes the transformative power of AI in bug bounty hunting. Affected: web applications, companies using vulnerable endpoints
Keypoints :
- The author turned to AI to enhance bug bounty hunting efforts.
- Mass reconnaissance techniques were employed using tools like chaos, httpx, waybackurls, and gau.
- A suspicious URL parameter was identified, leading to an SQL injection vulnerability.
- ChatGPT provided SQL payload examples for testing vulnerability.
- The article details the escalation process from SQL injection to local file inclusion (LFI).
- Remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerabilities were explored using payloads suggested by ChatGPT.
- Real impact included critical remote code execution potential due to file inclusion vulnerabilities.
- Key techniques included SQLi fuzzing, LFI and RFI testing, and analyzing error messages.
- Final thoughts encourage curiosity and ethical exploration in cybersecurity.