Episode 131: SL Cyber Writeups, Bug Bounty Metastrategy, and Orphaned Github Commits

Episode 118: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we cover a host of news, including clientside tidbits, “Credentialless” iframes, prototype pollution, and what constitutes a polyglot in llms.txt.Follow us on XShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow Rhynorater and Rez0 on X====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!You can also find some hacker swag!====== Resources ======p4fg passed 1 Million!/reports/:id.json - $25K CritHacking Crypto pt1The art of payload obfuscationAnalyzing the Next.js Middleware BypassNahamsec's Merch storellms.txt polyglot prompt injectionReact Router and the Remix’ed pathPre-Authentication SQL Injection in Halo ITSMPwning Millions of Smart Weighing MachinesMCP Server OauthCline“Credentialless” iframesTiny XSS PayloadsTypes of Pollution====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:05:56) Next.js Middleware bypass & Polyglots in llms.txt(00:16:35) CPDoS on React Router(00:24:26) Loose Types Sink Ships & Pwning Smart Scales(00:32:30) MCP Server Oauth & Cline(00:39:40) Clientside Tidbits & Prototype Pollutions

10 Apr 58min

Episode 117: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph introduces Vulus Ex Machina: A 3-part mini-series on hacking AI applications. In this part, he lays the groundwork and focuses on AI reconnaissance. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!====== Resources ======Building Reliable Web Agentshttps://x.com/pk_iv/status/190417889272394177717 security checks from VIBE to PRODUCTIONhttps://x.com/Kaamiiaar/status/1902342578185630000How to Hack AI Agents and Applicationshttps://josephthacker.com/hacking/2025/02/25/how-to-hack-ai-apps.htmlAI Crash Course Repohttps://github.com/henrythe9th/ai-crash-courseDeep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTGNNLPyMI====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:54) AI News(00:08:09) How to Hack AI Agents and Applications(00:14:26) The Recon Process(00:25:06) Initial Probing & Steering

3 Apr 32min

Episode 116: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin gives a quick rundown of Portswigger’s SAML Roulette writeup, as well as some Google VRP reports, and a Next.js middleware exploit.Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!Today’s Sponsor: ThreatLocker Cloud Control - https://www.threatlocker.com/platform/cloud-control====== Resources ======SAML roulette: the hacker always winshttps://portswigger.net/research/saml-roulette-the-hacker-always-winsLoophole of getting Google Form associated with Google Spreadsheet with no editor/owner accesshttps://bughunters.google.com/reports/vrp/yBeFmSrJiLoophole to see the editors of a Google Document with no granted access(owner/editor) with just the fileid (can be obtained from publicly shared links with 0 access)https://bughunters.google.com/reports/vrp/7EhAw2hurCloud Tools for Eclipse - Chaining misconfigured OAuth callback redirection with open redirect vulnerability to leak Google OAuth Tokens with full GCP Permissionshttps://bughunters.google.com/reports/vrp/F8GFYGv4gNext.js, cache, and chains: the stale elixirhttps://zhero-web-sec.github.io/research-and-things/nextjs-cache-and-chains-the-stale-elixirNext.js and the corrupt middleware: the authorizing artifacthttps://zhero-web-sec.github.io/research-and-things/nextjs-and-the-corrupt-middleware====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:02:59) SAML roulette(00:13:08) Google bugs(00:20:16) Next.js and the corrupt middleware

27 Mars 26min

Episode 115: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin and So Sakaguchi sit down to walk through some recent bugs, before having a live mentorship session. They also talk about Reflector, and finish up by doing a bonus podcast segment in Japanese!Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to https://x.com/realytcracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!Today’s Sponsor: ThreatLocker Cloud Control - https://www.threatlocker.com/platform/cloud-controlToday’s Guest: https://x.com/Mokusou4====== Resources ======So's last appearance in episode 40ctbb.show/40====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:04:11) So's Facebook Bug(00:14:37) So and Justin's Google Bug(00:33:39) Live Mentorship Session(00:56:29) Reflector(01:13:22) Bonus - Podcast in Japanese

20 Mars 1h 40min

Episode 114: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re diving into SPA and how to attack them.We also cover a host of news items, including some bug write-ups, AI updates, and a new tool called Hackadvisor.Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!Today’s Sponsor: ThreatLocker Cloud Control====== Resources ======Hacking High-Profile Bug Bounty Targets: Deep Dive into a Client-Side ChainResearch finds 12,000 ‘Live’ API Keys and Passwords in DeepSeek's Training DataHackadvisorWP ExtensionsNotebook LMPressing Buttons with PopupsResponse to @RenwaX23Prompt Injection Attacks for DummiesShadow Repeaterparallel-prettier====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:02:15) Bug Write-up from @busf4ctor(00:09:44) Scanning Common Crawl(00:16:30) Hackadvisor and WP/Chrome Extension News(00:24:15) Notebook LM, and Recent AI Updates(00:31:58) Write-up from @J0R1AN and Related POC from @RenwaX23(00:38:10) Prompt Injection Attacks for Dummies(00:42:29) ShadowRepeater(00:47:04) Single-page applications

13 Mars 1h 22min

Episode 113: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re breaking down the Portswigger Top 10 from 2024. There’s some bangers in here!Follow us on X at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on X: ====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag!====== Resources ======Hijacking OAUTH flows via Cookie TossingChatGPT Account Takeover - Wildcard Web Cache DeceptionOAuth Non-Happy Path to ATOCVE-2024-4367 - Arbitrary JavaScript execution in PDF.jsDoubleClickjacking: A New Era of UI RedressingWorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSISQL Injection Isn't Dead: Smuggling Queries at the Protocol LevelConfusion Attacks: Exploiting Hidden Semantic Ambiguity in Apache HTTP ServerMiddleware, middleware everywhere – and lots of misconfigurations to fix====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:09:56) Hijacking OAuth flows via Cookie Tossing(00:17:30) ChatGPT Account Takeover(00:25:28) OAuth Non-Happy Path to ATO(00:29:24) CVE-2024-4367(00:37:37) DoubleClickjacking:(00:44:54) Exploring the DOMPurify library(00:48:01) WorstFit(00:56:29) Unveiling TE.0 HTTP Request Smuggling(01:06:40) SQL Injection Isn't Dead: Smuggling Queries at the Protocol Level (01:14:05) Confusion Attacks

6 Mars 1h 29min

Episode 112: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph Thacker is joined by Ciarán Cotter (Monke) to share his bug hunting journey and give us the rundown on some recent client-side and server-side bugs. Then they discuss WebSockets, SaaS security, and cover some AI news including Grok 3, Nuclei -AI Flag, and some articles by Johann Rehberger.Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter:https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!Today’s Guest - Ciarán Cotterhttps://x.com/monkehack====== Resources ======Mstyhttps://msty.app/From Day Zero to Zero Dayhttps://nostarch.com/zero-dayNuclei - ai flaghttps://x.com/pdiscoveryio/status/1890082913900982763ChatGPT Operator: Prompt Injection Exploits & Defenseshttps://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/chatgpt-operator-prompt-injection-exploits/Hacking Gemini's Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocationhttps://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/gemini-memory-persistence-prompt-injection/====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:04) Bug Rundowns(00:13:05) Monke's Bug Bounty Background(00:20:03) Websocket Research(00:34:01) Connecting Hackers with Companies(00:34:56) Grok 3, Msty, From Day Zero to Zero Day(00:42:58) Full time Bug Bounty, SaaS security, and Threat Modeling while AFK(00:54:49) Nuclei - ai flag, ChatGPT Operator, and Hacking Gemini's Memory

27 Feb 1h 7min

Episode 111: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin interviews Kevin Mizu to showcase his knowledge regarding DOMPurify and its misconfigurations. We walk through some of Kevin’s research, highlighting things like Dangerous allow-lists and URI Attributes, DOMPurify hooks, node manipulation, and DOM Clobbering.Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter:https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!====== Resources ======Exploring the DOMPurify library: Bypasses and Fixes (1/2)https://mizu.re/post/exploring-the-dompurify-library-bypasses-and-fixesExploring the DOMPurify library: Hunting for Misconfigurations (2/2)https://mizu.re/post/exploring-the-dompurify-library-hunting-for-misconfigurationsDom-Explorer toolhttps://yeswehack.github.io/Dom-Explorer/shared?id=772a440c-b0c2-4991-be71-3e271cf7954fCT Episode 61: A Hacker on Wall Street - JR0ch17https://www.criticalthinkingpodcast.io/episode-61-a-hacker-on-wall-street-jr0ch17/====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:44) Kevin Mizu - Background and Bring-a-bug(00:15:09) DOMPurify(00:29:04) Misconfigurations - Dangerous allow-lists(00:39:09) Dangerous URI attributes configuration(00:46:08) Bad usage(00:59:55) DOMPurify Hooks: before, after, and upon SanitizeAttribute(01:29:15) Node manipulation, nodeName namespace case confusion, & DOM Clobbering DOS(01:36:51) Misc concepts for future research

20 Feb 1h 49min