Web Sphere Portlet State Decoder
Summary: PortSwigger's BApp Store lists a Burp Suite extension, WebSphere Portlet State Decoder, authored by Raffi Erganian at version 1.0 and last updated 17 February 2015. When a request is viewed, the extension opens a tab that calls an endpoint on the application server to decode the URL, format the resulting XML, and display the WebSphere Portlet's decoded state.
Bottom line: The extension works by sending a request to an application server endpoint that decodes and returns portlet state, so anyone running it is exercising a server-side decode path that the extension's own listing does not describe in terms of access control. PortSwigger states it makes no warranty about the quality or usefulness of third-party extensions, and this one has not been updated since February 2015.
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