Session inspector
Your session is carried in the session cookie — a JSON Web Token. The server validates
it on every request and shows who it thinks you are. Become admin.
Your session cookie (JWT — base64url, decodable)
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyIjoieW91Iiwicm9sZSI6InVzZXIifQ.0E2cqOIHUaXjHeE2uWJXJhpulH2NerwRSiNX6rfJRkM
This token is not editable here. It lives in a
cookie, so changing your role means editing that cookie in the request.
Accepted. user=you, role=user
Hint
These sample inputs do not work — they're here to get you thinking, not to solve it.
Burp Your session is the "session" cookie (a JWT). Edit that cookie in Repeater — it is never surfaced in the UI.
the sample token, unchanged admin role=admin
The verifier trusts the token's own alg header. Forge a token with alg "none" and role admin, and leave the signature empty.
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