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# SSTI Information Disclosure via Python User Objects
SSTI Information Disclosure via Python User Objects notes for PortSwigger Web Security Academy labs, including exploitation workflow, payload testing, Burp Suite validation, and remediation context.
### Server-side Template Injection with Information Disclosure via User-supplied Objects
The goal of the lab is to use an SSTI caused by the way an object has passed to the template to retrieve sensitive data, especially the secret key of the framework. / We have an account: `content-manager: C0nt3ntM4n4g3r`.
#### Analysis and Identification of ITST
The first step is to cause an error in the template engine with the following expression:
```
{{}}
```
* This confirms that we can inject server-side template code.
Then try to display more debugging information by injecting:/ `{% debug %}`
```python
{% debug %}
```
* However, no interesting or sensitive information appears in the output.
#### Recovery of Secret Key
* Since the object passed to the template gives access to the configuration, one tries to read directly the secret key of the framework via the parameters: / `{{settings.SECRET_KEY}}`
```python
{{settings.SECRET_KEY}}
```
* This expression reveals the **secret key** used by the framework.
This value is then submitted to the lab for validation.
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