Real-World Bug Bounty

Stop reading theory. Start finding bugs that pay. This book is built from real submissions. What's inside: • Bug bounty platform guide — HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti program selection strategy • Recon methodology — subdomain enumeration, JS file analysis, parameter discovery • SQL injection — manual detection, time-based blind, WAF bypass techniques • SSRF — cloud metadata abuse (AWS/GCP/Azure), internal port scanning, blind SSRF chains • IDOR — horizontal/vertical privilege escalation, mass assignment, UUID prediction • XXE — out-of-band exfiltration, SVG/DOCX XXE, blind XXE via error messages • XSS — stored/reflected/DOM, CSP bypass, account takeover via XSS chains • Business logic flaws — price manipulation, race conditions, workflow bypass • Authentication vulnerabilities — OAuth misconfigurations, JWT attacks, 2FA bypass • Report writing — severity ratings, CVSS scoring, PoC quality that maximizes payouts Whether you're chasing your first bounty or scaling to consistent payouts, this is your playbook.