5 Web Vulnerabilities That Paid Me the Most (And How to Find Them!)
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Summary
Abhijeet Kumawat shares a story on his Medium blog about the five most profitable web vulnerabilities he found through bug bounty hunting and provides a step-by-step methodology for discovering them.
Kumawat emphasizes that bug bounty hunting requires skills and strategy, and that many hunters waste time on low-paying bugs, while others make thousands by focusing on high-value vulnerabilities.
He reveals the five most profitable web vulnerabilities, explaining each one’s profitability, how he found each one, which tools to use to discover them, and the bounty earnings for each.
These include broken authentication, SQL injection, server-side request forgery (SSRF), unrestricted file upload, and sensitive data exposure.
He provides tips for increasing bounty rewards, such as monitoring communication platforms, focusing on main authentication systems, targeting forgotten authentication endpoints and subdomains, and using intercept and modification tools.
Kumawat stresses that bug bounty hunting is a profitable and fun way to earn money and improve one’s skills, recommending it as a career or side hustle.