How I Hacked India’s Most Popular Matrimony Website and Earned a ₹10,000 Amazon Gift Card
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Summary
After getting married, the author continued to receive messages from prospective partners on a matrimony website, and decided to keep their profile as a backup plan.
One night they noticed a new interest but before opening the message, they saw their wife arriving behind them, prompting them to devise a plan to avoid any suspicion.
They realized that if they ordered something expensive enough to max out the gift card, their wife would never suspect them having purchased it with a matrimony website gift card, believing that they had saved their marriage.
However, they faced a new challenge in actually hacking the website to obtain the gift card.
They achieved this by exploiting a common vulnerability and a XSS chain and eventually received their Amazon gift card.
Finally, they decided to reveal the exploit to the company, and the company rewarded them with ₹50,000 for their discovery.