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7/12/2026

The original title is "BroncoCTF : The KeyMaster Writeup"
Original: BroncoCTF : The KeyMaster Writeup
Short summary
A detailed CTF writeup for the KeyMaster challenge from BroncoCTF, where the flag was split across eight fragments hidden throughout a Next.js website. Four fragments were found in static HTML, one in a linked text file, and three were embedded in client-side JavaScript bundles behind onClick handlers, cookie assignments, and dynamically injected HTML comments. The key lesson is that modern JS-framework sites hide significant content behind client-side hydration logic invisible to curl.
- •Flag was split into 8 fragments hidden across static HTML, linked files, and client-side JS bundles
- •Half the fragments were invisible to curl and required downloading and grepping Next.js chunk files
- •Minified React source remains greppable for onClick handlers, string literals, and JSX attributes
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