Console Yourself

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📝 Description

Developers sometimes leave behind hidden scripts while working on a webpage.

One can be found here (opens in a new tab)

🧩 Hints

1. Inspect the page source and search for <script> tags.

💡 Solution

To solve this challenge:

1. Open the link: https://ctf.fl4ghunt.tech/about (opens in a new tab)
2. Open Developer Tools (F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I).
3. Go to the Elements tab and search for <script> tags.
4. One of the scripts defines a function called iDefinitelyReadThis().
5. Run this function in the Console tab to reveal the flag:

iDefinitelyReadThis();

📚 Insights

• Developers sometimes leave debugging functions or test scripts in production code.
• These functions may be accessible via the browser’s JavaScript console.
• The Elements tab in DevTools lets you inspect HTML, CSS, and <script> tags that might reveal such functions.
• The Console tab allows you to interact with the page by calling exposed functions or logging hidden values.
• This challenge highlights a basic form of information disclosure, reminding developers to clean up debugging artifacts before deployment.

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