medium.com/tag/bug-bounty· Oct 7, 2026· by Raahil Muhammad Wildan

How I Got Paid for Turning an Image Fetcher into an Arbitrary File Read

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A file:// payload allowed me to read local files from a UAT application server Continue reading on Medium »
🎯 Vulnerability: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
💡 Defense Fix: Enforce URL whitelisting, block private IP ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 169.254.169.254), and mandate AWS IMDSv2 headers.
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