Forcing Quirks Mode with PHP Warnings + CSS Exfiltration without Network Requests
I made a web challenge pure-leak
for ASIS CTF Quals 2025 as a guest author.
- Difficulty: 2 solves / 450 pts
- Author: me
- Source: https://github.com/arkark/my-ctf-challenges/tree/main/challenges/202509_ASIS_CTF_Quals_2025/web/pure-leak
Congrats to MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW
and Water Paddler
for solving it! 🎉
Despite its simplicity, the solution relies on several neat HTML/CSS tricks. Below I'll outline the key ideas and how they fit together.