So Simple: 1 VulnHub Walkthrough | WordPress Exploit + Privilege Escalation | Beginner CTF Hacking

Looking for a beginner-friendly CTF machine to practice your ethical hacking skills? In this detailed walkthrough, I tackle So Simple: 1 from VulnHub — a great beginner-level machine focused on WordPress exploitation, enumeration, and privilege escalation techniques.

🔍 Key Steps Covered in This Video:

Directory enumeration to discover /wordpress

Using WPScan to enumerate WordPress users and plugins

Exploiting the Social Warfare plugin vulnerability to gain initial access (CVE details here)

Locating a private SSH key for user max

Escalating privileges using sudo access with a script: /opt/tools/server-health.sh

🛠️ Tools used: WPScan, dirb/gobuster, SSH, Linux privilege escalation techniques

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