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At first glance, this looks like a or a log entry showing an attack pattern. The -2F is URL encoding for the forward slash / . When decoded, the pattern becomes:
. It is used to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications that improperly handle user-supplied file paths. Analysis of the Payload : This suggests the target is a URL parameter (e.g., ) used to dynamically load content. ....-2F-2F : This is a double URL-encoded version of (forward slash) is encoded as Some filters might block , so attackers use -page-....-2F-2F....-2F-2F....-2F-2Fetc-2Fpasswd
If a developer hasn't sanitized the input, an attacker can replace intro.html with the traversal payload. The server then processes a path like: /var/www/html/articles/../../../../etc/passwd HTML URL Encoding Reference - W3Schools At first glance, this looks like a or