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Question #: 62
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A CMS plugin creates two filters that are accessible from the Internet: myplugin.html and exploitable.php. A newly discovered exploit takes advantage of an injection vulnerability in exploitable.php. To exploit the vulnerability, one must send an HTTP POST with specific variables to exploitable.php. You see traffic to your webserver that consists of only HTTP GET requests to myplugin.html.
Which category best describes this activity?

  • A. weaponization
  • B. exploitation
  • C. installation
  • D. reconnaissance
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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Urhan
Highly Voted 5 years, 6 months ago
Should be D
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andikabram
Highly Voted 5 years, 1 month ago
I think the answer is reconnaissance
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Mcsonic00
Most Recent 4 years, 4 months ago
I think it should be reconnaissance because it says in the question that to exploit the vulnerability, an HTTP POST has to be sent, but only HTTP GET is being sent.
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anonymous1966
4 years, 4 months ago
If the code is executed, it is B
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Alan2036
4 years, 8 months ago
Should be D
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RedByte
4 years, 11 months ago
The answer is reconnaissance since the attacker has only been sending HTTP GET traffic yet.
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