Enterprise-grade Automation with Pentester-level Flexibility
This library showcases real examples of how security teams use S4E Create with AI to save time, reduce manual effort, and strengthen their defenses.
Unlike traditional scanners that limit users to predefined checks, S4E Create with AI gives complete flexibility. You describe what you need, and the AI builds and runs it instantly. This allows teams to automate the exact tests they want instead of being restricted to what the product designer imagined.
Detecting Exposed Laravel Admin Panels with Default Credentials
Problem
Laravel applications often expose predictable admin panel paths, and many organizations still rely on default or placeholder credentials during development. If these credentials remain enabled in production, attackers can gain full administrative access with no effort.
Default passwords are one of the most common real-world entry points for attackers during surface scans. A missed configuration or forgotten test account can compromise the entire application.
Risk Prevented: Unauthorized access to administrative panels caused by default credentials or misconfigured Laravel authentication.
Traditional Approach
Teams usually check these risks manually by navigating to common admin paths and trying a handful of credentials. This requires time, familiarity with Laravel patterns, and repeated testing during deployments.
Because it is repetitive and easy to forget, this check is often skipped or performed inconsistently. The process does not scale across many assets or large environments.
How Create with AI Changes It
With S4E Create with AI, this check can be automated across all verified assets instantly.
You define the logic in one sentence, and Create with AI builds a scan that:
- Probes common Laravel admin panel paths
- Detects whether a panel is exposed
- Attempts authentication with a controlled list of known default credentials
- Reports immediately if access is granted
The scan runs safely, consistently, and continuously across environments without manual effort.
Instant Solution (Create with AI)
Prompt:
Create a scan that detects Laravel admin panels by probing common Laravel admin paths such as /admin, /admin/login, or /administrator. Once an admin panel is identified, attempt to authenticate using known default Laravel credentials. If any credential allows access, raise an alert and report which one succeeded. If none work, return “No default Laravel credentials accepted.”
The AI-generated scan tests paths, submits login attempts, analyzes the response and redirects, and alerts when an exposed admin panel accepts a default password.
🎥 Watch the Scan in Action
The video shows Create with AI identifying exposed admin paths, attempting authentication with known defaults, and reporting unauthorized access when a credential works.
Value
- Detects one of the most common real-world misconfigurations
- Prevents admin-level compromise caused by forgotten test accounts
- Runs across all assets with consistent logic
- Safe and controlled authentication attempts
Demonstrates how Create with AI adapts to framework-specific attack surfaces
Closing Takeaway
Laravel admin panels are predictable and heavily targeted. A single leftover default credential can expose the entire application.
Create with AI turns this critical but repetitive test into automated protection that helps teams detect weak admin authentication before attackers do.
🧰 Check It Yourself
Check the sample scan below or watch the video for a live walkthrough.
class Job(Task):
def run(self):
asset = http_or_https(asset=self.asset, _headers=self.headers, session=self.session)
paths = ['/admin', '/admin/login', '/administrator']
credentials = [
('admin@company.com', 'admin'),
('admin@company.com', 'password'),
('admin@company.com', 'admin123'),
('test@company.com', 'test123'),
('root@company.com', 'root')
]
self.output['detail'] = []
self.output['compact'] = []
self.output['video'] = [f"python3 laravel_admin_default_creds_scan.py {asset}"]
found_admin_panel = False
credential_success = False
try:
for path in paths:
url = f"{asset}{path}"
response = self.session.get(url, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout, verify=False)
self.output['video'].append(f"Checking {url}")
if response.status_code == 200:
found_admin_panel = True
for email, password in credentials:
self.output['video'].append(f"Attempting login with {email}:{password}")
login_data = {'email': email, 'password': password}
login_response = self.session.post(url, data=login_data, headers=self.headers, timeout=self.timeout, verify=False, allow_redirects=True)
response_text = login_response.text.lower()
if 'dashboard' in response_text or 'logout' in response_text or 'dashboard' in login_response.url.lower():
error_indicators = ['invalid', 'incorrect', 'failed', 'wrong password']
if not any(err in response_text for err in error_indicators):
self.output['detail'].append(f"Access granted with {email}:{password} at {url}")
self.output['compact'].append(f"Admin panel found and accessed at {url}")
credential_success = True
break
if credential_success:
break
if not found_admin_panel:
self.output['detail'].append("No admin panels detected at common paths.")
self.output['video'].append("No admin panels detected at common paths.")
if not credential_success and found_admin_panel:
self.output['detail'].append("No default Laravel credentials accepted.")
self.output['video'].append("No default Laravel credentials accepted.")
except:
self.output['detail'].append("No admin panels detected at common paths.")
self.output['video'].append("No admin panels detected at common paths.")
def calculate_score(self):
if self.output['compact']:
self.score = self.param['max_score']
else:
self.score = 0