Month: February 2015

Google.com – Mobile Feedback URL Redirect Regex/Validation Flaw

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Back in October of last year I discovered a JavaScript flaw on Google.com that bypassed protocol validation by abusing an if check against a URL parsed by regex. I was unable to find a way to attack this vector, but was still rewarded a bounty of $500 due to Google knowing of an active browser vulnerability that allowed them to exploit it successfully.

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Flickr API Explorer – Force users to execute any API request.

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Flickr has a developer application section called The App Garden. Developers are able to create apps that make API calls to Flickr as an authenticated user via OAuth. I discovered a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack vector that allowed you to attack any user on Flickr.

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