So I have been assigned the task of getting into this website. The task is to bypass a webserver login block, which gives me the error of "You are not authorized to view this page". The previous assignments have involved looking at the page source code and finding vulnerabilities to exploit, so I am assuming I have to do the same for this one. The professor said it involved cookies.

This is all I really have to go on. He just told us to get into the website by any means.

http://i.imgur.com/tS2vp.jpg. Any help would be appreciated.

Well it's quite clear

Your professor wants some cookies and he'll authorize you to view the webpage if you make him some

I lol'd.

I'll give you a hint.

The answer has to do with the way websites authenticate users


EDIT: well, not really, but it's hard to help without giving you the answer

Squirrel Injections?

Captcha?

No (I wish ) and no

and to prove I'm not just messing with you http://i.imgur.com/ZVek1.jpg

I got it. Thanks for your help guys.

So what was the solution?

http://i.imgur.com/bhpPw.jpg

Simpler than I thought. All I had to do was to change the value of the "auth" cookie on the site from "False" to "True". I used the firefox addon "Firebug" to do it.