Welcome to "Hack the Cookie," a beginner-friendly web security challenge that introduces you to cookie manipulation and authentication bypasses.

In this lab, you'll encounter a website with a restricted admin interface that contains a valuable flag. While the login form appears secure at first glance, the site's authentication mechanism relies on browser cookies that can be examined and modified.

Your mission is to analyze how the website uses cookies to control access, manipulate these values, and bypass the authentication to access the admin interface and capture the flag.

This challenge is perfect for those new to web security concepts and provides hands-on experience with:

• Cookie inspection and manipulation

• Basic authentication bypass techniques

• Web browser developer tools

Can you modify the right cookie to gain administrative access and capture the flag? The admin section is waiting for your visit!