π Authentication Bypass
Default credentials (admin/admin, etc.)
Username enumeration via response timing
Case variation in username/password
SQL injection in login forms
No rate limiting on login (brute force)
Missing account lockout
Using HTTP methods (GET instead of POST)
Password reset token reuse
Password reset via email change
Using secondary user attributes to login (email instead of username)
Social engineering to bypass MFA
Session fixation
JWT algorithm confusion (e.g., none)
Changing JWT alg to HS256 and signing with public key
Stealing tokens from localStorage/sessionStorage
Flawed βremember meβ implementation
Leaked session tokens in logs
Parameter pollution in login forms
Login via unlinked OAuth providers
Using auth tokens in other endpoints
π Authorization Bypass
IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)
Changing user_id in requests
Modifying JWT claims (e.g., "role": "admin")
Bypassing role-based access controls
Using alternative API routes
Forced browsing to hidden admin panels
Using OPTIONS method to gather routes
Directory traversal
Unfiltered GraphQL queries
Accessing endpoints with lower-privileged tokens
Deleting objects you donβt own
Privilege escalation via parameter tampering
Bypassing MAC address or IP-based filters
Accessing legacy endpoints
Unlinked S3/GCP buckets
Access via mobile API instead of web
Localhost bypasses (X-Forwarded-For spoofing)
Changing user-agent to internal tools
Abusing APIs meant for testing
Unsecured debug endpoints
π Input Validation Bypass
Using URL-encoded payloads
Using double encoding
Using Unicode encodings
Null byte injection (%00)
SQL wildcard tricks (% or _)
Base64 encoded payloads
JSON structure tampering
XML external entity (XXE) injection
Broken XML parsers
Bypassing input filters with comment injection
Using chunked transfer encoding
Bypassing client-side validation with Burp
Capitalization bypasses
Using spaces vs tabs vs newlines
Adding random noise to payloads
Combining payloads with broken parsers
Exploiting deserialization via manipulated objects
Template injection
XSS via SVG/MathML tags
Using multipart requests creatively
π‘οΈ WAF/Firewall Evasion
Case-insensitive payloads
Encoding payloads
Using alternate encodings (UTF-7, Base64)
Using long request headers
Padding payloads with junk
Replacing dangerous chars with homoglyphs
Changing request method (e.g., POST β PUT)
HTTP smuggling
Using uncommon ports
Rate-limited scanning to avoid detection
Using DNS exfiltration techniques
Using subdomain-based payloads
Cloaking payloads with JS obfuscation
Chunked Transfer Encoding
Tunneling over WebSockets
Broken WAF regex (e.g., miss wildcards)
π§± CSP/Clickjacking/CORS Bypass
Using wildcard misconfigurations in CSP
Bypassing framebusting scripts
Exploiting misconfigured X-Frame-Options
Exploiting overly broad frame-ancestors
CORS misconfigurations (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *)
Using null as origin
Using subdomains to abuse CORS
Using redirects in CORS flow
Exploiting insecure preflight handling
CORS bypass via internal IP as origin
Using JSONP endpoints
Abuse of postMessage + iframe
CSP bypass via whitelisted JS files
Reflected URL injection in whitelisted domains
π§ͺ Miscellaneous Techniques
SSRF using file://, gopher://, dict://
DNS rebinding
Exploiting localhost services via SSRF
Cache poisoning
Open redirect chaining
Log poisoning to aid log4shell
Stealing credentials via WiFi/Evil Twin
Information leakage in headers (e.g., debug=true)
Using browser extensions to manipulate JS
Cracking weak token generation (predictable UUIDs)
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As of tomorrow I am permanently reducing my course cost by 50% to $100 so more people have access to it and can get those bounties while they are still hot. And yes, they are still hot. The internet is still full of stupid problems waiting to be found for those looking, at least for now...
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I suspect we have about 2 years of decent #bugbounty hunting left before most companies have access to and properly leverage the tools like Mythos that effectively replace "most" hackers.
Using the EXACT methods in this course, I found 20+ critical bugs on a target in a matter of hours the other day. Nothing fancy. The internet is just too dang big to fix and patch in a small amount of time, even if AI is finding the bugs. Internal legacy human processes with 500 steps are still bottle-necking remediation.
What the bug bounty world becomes next is anyone's guess. My suspicions, hackers will be paid flat rates for hacking and/or patching targets any way they can (be it AI, manually, or both). So, here's to the next evolution of hacking, which is hopefully round-table LHE's where we all work together on targets to harden them as best as possible, instead of working against each other to try to "be the best hacker".
Re-post for a chance to win 1 of 5 course coupons for a give away on May 14th. I'll have Grok pick the winners.
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Over the past few days, I focused on a single target and uncovered 8 vulnerabilities, including BAC, PrivEsc, logic, DoS, Escaping Filesystem Boundary via javaagent
Here's the story of how I paid $3 and turned it into 8 paid bugs
Wireteup: https://t.co/FMZzrkMIwS