Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Hack for knowing your forgotten wifi password on your Windows PC/laptop

If you want to find out the password of your wifi connection connected to the internet in your system, type the below command in the command prompt and check the value of the property "Key content" !!

Voilaa... Your wifi password is now shown up on the response on the CLI on your windows PC/laptop screen :)

Disclaimer: Use it to find out the forgotten password of your own internet connection. Do not use it to hack into somebody else's wifi connection :D

C:\>netsh wlan show profile name=<wifi-name> key=clear


Profile <wifi-name> on interface Wi-Fi:

=======================================================================


Applied: All User Profile


Profile information

-------------------

    Version                : 1

    Type                   : Wireless LAN

    Name                   : <wifi-name>

    Control options        :

        Connection mode    : Connect automatically

        Network broadcast  : Connect only if this network is broadcasting

        AutoSwitch         : Do not switch to other networks

        MAC Randomization  : Disabled


Connectivity settings

---------------------

    Number of SSIDs        : 1

    SSID name              : "wifi-name"

    Network type           : Infrastructure

    Radio type             : [ Any Radio Type ]

    Vendor extension          : Not present


Security settings

-----------------

    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal

    Cipher                 : CCMP

    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal

    Cipher                 : GCMP

    Security key           : Present

    Key Content            : <password in clear text>


Cost settings

-------------

    Cost                   : Unrestricted

    Congested              : No

    Approaching Data Limit : No

    Over Data Limit        : No

    Roaming                : No

    Cost Source            : Default


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