Show HN: A Silent PWN – hackable web playground (4 chained exploits)

1 ducklin404 0 5/30/2025, 9:30:59 AM pwn.asilentpond.com ↗

I watched Mr. Robot, stayed up 72 hours on caffeine, and shipped A Silent PWN, a deliberately vulnerable web app with four chained exploits (SQLi → leaked TLS keys → JWT alg confusion → WebSocket nonce). Grab flags, climb the live scoreboard, and let me know what else you break. Code is hilariously bad by design—feedback welcomed!

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Show HN: A Silent PWN – hackable web playground (4 chained exploits)

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