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// HC-WAPT · intermediate

Web Application Penetration Tester

Prove you can break real web apps end-to-end.

6 of 8
labs to pass
4 hours
time limit
+500 XP
on passing

About this exam

The foundational offensive-web credential. You'll be dropped into a set of live, vulnerable web surfaces and must find and exploit injection, access-control, and client-side flaws — then submit the flag each exploit yields. No multiple choice. No walkthroughs.

Skills verified

SQL InjectionXSSPath TraversalSSRFPrototype PollutionCSRFIDORJWT attacks

How the exam works

  1. 1
    Start when you're ready

    The clock starts the moment you begin and keeps running even if you close the tab — there's no pause.

  2. 2
    Capture 6 of 8 labs

    Open each lab, exploit it, and submit the flag it gives you. Solve any 6 within the 4-hour limit to pass.

  3. 3
    Proctored for integrity

    Leaving the exam tab is recorded and factored into an integrity score printed on your credential — the pass has to mean something.

  4. 4
    Earn a verifiable credential

    Pass and we mint a signed credential with a public verify page and a shareable certificate — provable, not self-reported. Plus +500 XP.

  5. 5
    Miss it? Cooldown, then retry

    If you don't reach the threshold, a short cooldown applies before you can retake — so the credential stays meaningful.

Exam labs (8)

Solve any 6 of these 8 to pass. Once you start, the clock runs even if you close the tab.

Classic UNION-based SQL Injection
web · easy
Reflected XSS Sandbox
web · easy
Path Traversal
web · easy
Server-Side Request Forgery
web · medium
Prototype Pollution (JS-style)
web · medium
Cross-Site Request Forgery
web · easy
Insecure Direct Object Reference
auth · easy
JWT alg=none
auth · medium
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