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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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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

Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability derived from input validation errors in most part of the web applications. From a bug bounty hunter's approach, it is one of the most juicy bugs to look for in an application. It is the reason why XSS bugs are the most commonly reported bugs in bounty programs.

XSS exists due to a lack of validation controls in all the different inputs in an application. Traditionally, they are found in HTML forms that have interaction with the user; however, it is not the only kind of vulnerable input; it is also possible to find XSS vulnerabilities, because of the interaction between other applications, environmental variables, external data sources, and more.

The relevance of the XSS vulnerabilities is so important; evidence of that is this vulnerability is included in the OWAS TOP 10 as one of the most prevalent...

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