Ultimate-CPTS-Walkthrough: Complete Guide for Hack The Box Academy's Certified Penetration Testing Specialist Job Role Path

This repository contains all Hack The Box Academy modules for the Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) job role path. It is designed to help you successfully pass the CPTS exam by providing walkthroughs for all modules, detailed skills assessments, and additional tips, commands, and techniques that I personally use.

The HTB Academy CPTS path consists of 28 modules, but I've also included extra content to ensure you have a deep understanding of penetration testing concepts and practices.

What You'll Find in This Walkthrough:

• Step-by-step CPTS walkthrough for every Hack The Box Academy module
• Essential skills for acing your CPTS exam
• Practical techniques for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and reporting
• Tips for both beginners and advanced specialists The layout of the modules is divided into key phases of a real-world penetration test:

Introduction & General Knowledge:

1. Penetration Testing Process
2. Getting Started
3. Introduction to Networking
4. Linux Fundamentals
5. Windows Fundamentals
6. Introduction to Windows CLI
7. Introduction to Active Directory
8. Introduction to Web Applications
9. Web Requests

Reconnaissance, Enumeration & Attack Planning

10. Network Enumeration with NMAP
11. Footprinting
12. Information Gathering - Web Addition
13. File Transfers
14. Vulnerability Assessment
15. Shells & Payloads
16. Using the Metasploit Framework

Exploitation & Lateral Movement

17. Password Attacks
18. Attacking Common Services
19. Pivoting, Tunneling, and Port Forwarding
20. Active Directory Enumeration & Attacks

Web Exploitation

21. Using Web Proxies
22. Attacking Web Applications with Ffuf
23. Login Brute Forcing
24. SQL Injection Fundamentals
25. SQLMap Essentials
26. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
27. File Inclusion
28. File Upload Attacks
29. Command Injections
30. Web Attacks
31. Attacking Common Applications

Post-Exploitation

32. Linux Privilege Escalation
33. Windows Privilege Escalation

Reporting & Capstone

34. Documentation & Reporting
35. Attacking Enterprise Networks

Why Follow This CPTS Walkthrough?

This walkthrough is perfect for:

• Beginners who are new to penetration testing and want to build a solid foundation
• Advanced specialists looking to refine their skills for the CPTS certification exam
• Those preparing for Hack The Box Academy CPTS challenges and assessments

Additional Resources:

• Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS) Walkthrough on Hack The Box Academy
• Tips on completing the CPTS job role path
• Techniques and strategies to help pass the CPTS certification exam

If you're ready to start, check out the individual module walkthroughs linked above. Whether you're preparing for the CPTS certification, improving your pentesting skills, or just exploring the Hack The Box Academy, this guide will have everything you need! Happy Hacking ;)

The work is in progress, so please be patient) Every module will have a complete walkthrough soon ;)

Also usefull links

• https://notes.cavementech.com/pentesting-quick-reference/active-directory/domain-trusts/attacking-domain-trusts-child-greater-than-parent-trusts-from-linux