Hardcoded credentials

One of the deadly sins of developers is to hardcode backdoor information within a compiled application. The following screenshot discloses the backdoor username and password left behind by the developers, either to diagnose an issue or something similar.

Hardcoded credentials

Now, if you use the username customerservice with the password Acc0uNTM@n@g3mEnT, you will see an additional option to Manage Users:

Hardcoded credentials

Note

If the customercare user is not available in the database, you may log in as androidguy93 with the password goatdroid.

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