Introduction
I still remember the first time I found a high-impact vulnerability. I had already located a few low-impact bugs in the application I was testing, including a CSRF, an IDOR, and a few information leaks. Eventually, I managed to chain these into a full takeover of any account on the website: I could have logged in as anyone, read anyone’s data, and altered it however I wanted. For an instant, I felt like I had superpowers.
I reported the issue to the company, which promptly fixed the vulnerability. Hackers are probably the closest thing to superheroes I’ve encountered in the real world. They overcome limitations with their skills ...
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