Bug Bounty — Tutorial Exclusive
You find a shopping cart. The item costs $100.
Why? The backend calculates total = price * quantity. If you make price = -99 and quantity = 1, the total becomes -$99. The server might credit your account.
This is the exclusive part. Most hackers look at one host. You will look at differences.
Take two subdomains: admin-api.target.com and v1.target.com.
Send the same request to both. Does admin-api return a 403 while v1 returns a 200? That is a privilege escalation vector.
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Title: [Critical] Race Condition allows infinite voucher redemption at /api/v2/redeem
Steps to Reproduce (STR):
Impact:
An attacker could create an infinite money glitch, draining the company's promotional budget and issuing fraudulent credits. Estimated potential loss: $50,000/day.
Proof of Concept (PoC):
[Screenshot of 30 successful 200 OK responses]
[CURL command of the request]
Why this wins:
Technical bugs (XSS, SQLi) are getting rare. Business logic bugs are eternal.
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