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Bug Bounty Hunting Essentials

You're reading from   Bug Bounty Hunting Essentials Quick-paced guide to help white-hat hackers get through bug bounty programs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788626897
Length 270 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shahmeer Amir Shahmeer Amir
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Shahmeer Amir
Carlos A. Lozano Carlos A. Lozano
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Basics of Bug Bounty Hunting 2. How to Write a Bug Bounty Report FREE CHAPTER 3. SQL Injection Vulnerabilities 4. Cross-Site Request Forgery 5. Application Logic Vulnerabilities 6. Cross-Site Scripting Attacks 7. SQL Injection 8. Open Redirect Vulnerabilities 9. Sub-Domain Takeovers 10. XML External Entity Vulnerability 11. Template Injection 12. Top Bug Bounty Hunting Tools 13. Top Learning Resources 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

How to Write a Bug Bounty Report

Bug bounty reports are your ticket to either top ranks on a platform or the lowest level of humiliation. Good bug bounty reports lead to good relationships with the bug bounty team and better payouts eventually. If the vulnerability report indicates the following signs then your report is indeed a good report:

  • Faster response time from the security team responding to your request
  • Better reputation and relationships with the security team
  • Higher chances of getting a bigger bounty

In this chapter, we will learn about the following topics:

  • Prerequisites of writing a bug bounty report
  • Salient features of a bug bounty report
  • Format of a bug bounty report
  • Writing the title of a report
  • Writing the description of a report
  • Writing the proof of concept of a report
  • Writing the exploitability of a report
  • Writing the impact of a report
  • Writing remediation...
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