Part-3 | Deep Recon Methodology for Bug Bounty Hunters

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Thank you all for the overwhelming response to Part 1 and Part 2 of this series! 🎉 You guys rock! 🚀 As promised, here’s Part 3: Vulnerability Analysis and Exploitation.

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Part-2 | Deep Recon Methodology for Bug Bounty Hunters

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In this part, we’ll cover the crucial phase after content discovery: identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities that are hidden in plain sight or exposed by poor security practices. This phase is all about turning your findings into actionable exploits.

Let’s get into it! 💥

🔎 1. Analyzing and Exploiting Identified Vulnerabilities

After performing content discovery and finding hidden files, directories, and endpoints, it’s time to analyze them for potential vulnerabilities.

1.1 Information Disclosure

One of the first things to check is whether any sensitive information is being exposed. Look out for files that contain credentials, passwords, tokens, or API keys. Often, these files are unintentionally left exposed by developers.

Tools for Finding Exposed Info:

• SecretFinder: This tool is excellent for finding exposed credentials in JavaScript files.

cat js.txt | python3 SecretFinder.py -i $url -o cli >> secrets.txt

• GitLeaks: If you find a .git directory or exposed .git files, use GitLeaks to check for sensitive information that might have been committed accidentally.

Tip: Always check for .git directories and .svn folders as they often contain version history with sensitive data.