aem-sling-exploitation SKILL.md skillA
aem-sling-exploitation from dreadnode/capabilities is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/aem-sling-exploitation@git:20260529.bd54165Pins git:20260529.bd54165 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dreadnode/capabilities
- Path
capabilities/web-security/skills/aem-sling-exploitation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260529.bd54165, committed May 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 28, 2026
- Size
- 9,911 bytes
- Repository stars
- 22
- License
- MIT
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Apache Sling exploitation — Sling selector abuse, dispatcher bypass chains, JCR enumeration, QueryBuilder exploitation, XSS gadgets, and sensitive data mining. Use when AEM detected (granite login, /etc.clientlibs, /content paths, Sling headers) or when testing Adobe CMS targets.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
AEM security testing via Sling resource resolution abuse. Complements `hopgoblin` (CVE scanner) with manual exploitation methodology derived from 600+ AEM CVE research.
## 1. Fingerprint and version detect
```bash
# Granite login page (confirms AEM)
curl -sk "https://TARGET/libs/granite/core/content/login.html"
# System console (author instance, often blocked)
curl -sk "https://TARGET/system/console"
# ClientLibs — dotted = modern proxy, slashed = legacy (suggests /etc open for reads)
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://TARGET/etc.clientlibs/"
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://TARGET/etc/clientlibs/"
# Version detection via listParagraphs + About page (bypasses dispatcher)
curl -sk "https://TARGET/content/dam.listParagraphs.html?itemResourceType=/libs/granite/ui/components/shell/help/about/about.jsp&limit=1"
# CSRF token endpoint (confirms Granite auth framework)
curl -sk "https://TARGET/libs/granite/csrf/token.json"
# Current user identity (unauthenticated = anonymous)
curl -sk "https://TARGET/libs/granite/security/currentuser.json"
# User info endpoint
curl -sk "https://TARGET/libs/cq/security/userinfo.json"
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dreadnode/capabilities/aem-sling-exploitation@sha256:54c1f20454fde06aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260529.bd54165, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mnqh76w2admaz2ts)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 28, 2026 and May 29, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260529.bd54165 latest | 2026-05-29 | bd54165 | 9,911 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260528.f3e4348 | 2026-05-28 | f3e4348 | 9,684 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9911 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
dreadnode/capabilities · 22 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mnqh76w2admaz2ts GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dreadnode/capabilities/aem-sling-exploitation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/54c1f20454fde06ac68d1649987f108999917082d8eab551f64399d3dd6d887d
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.