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Security researcher EzioPaglia has already helped fix 4719 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  970

Real name:
Ezio Paglia

About me:
My name is Ezio Paglia, I was born in 1959, I live in Grosseto (a town in the south of Tuscany - Italy). I was the sysadmin of the data centre of Grosseto municipality. Retired since July 2022. I have been dealing with security for some years.

Contact email:
mailto : [email protected]

Alternative Contacts:
mailto : [email protected]

Certifications & Diplomas:
Computer Science - University of Pisa ( Italy ) - Laurea in 1984 - Logica Matematica.

Experience in Application Security
over 5 years

Award / Bug Bounty I prefer:
Books, e-books, gifts or small donations.
Hall of Fame, Recommendations on OBB.
Thanks.

Halls of Fame:
FastWeb, Altervista, At&t, Telecom Italia, Siemens, Chemnitz Univ, Bosch, Top 50 and Top 50 VIP on OpenBugBounty

Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@MinasPergantis     23 May, 2023
    Twitter MinasPergantis Minas from Ionio:
Thank you for your help in ensuring the security of our domain and its visitors! Your contributions are invaluable.
@Freedback_com     4 May, 2023
    Twitter Freedback_com Steve from Freedback.com:
Thanks, Ezio, for identifying the XSS vulnerability, and for our friendly email exchange!
@fknipp     4 April, 2023
    Twitter fknipp Franz from qnipp:
Thanks for pointing out the issue.
@travelfish     17 March, 2023
    Twitter travelfish Stuart from Travelfish:
Thanks for finding the issuing, passing on your find, and the quick reply. Cheers!
@MrMoney84315336     15 March, 2023
    Twitter MrMoney84315336 Jens Weck from Mr-Money Software GmbH:
Thank you for reporting the issues, good work.
@vovsoft     23 February, 2023
    Twitter vovsoft Fatih from Vovsoft:
Great work. We fixed the issue.
@CERT_rlp     10 February, 2022
    Twitter CERT_rlp CERT-rlp from CERT-rlp:
The team of CERT-rlp would like to thank EzioPaglia again for a responsible and coordinated disclosure of several XSS vulnerabilities
@EreMaijala     2 February, 2022
    Twitter EreMaijala Ere Maijala from The National Library of Finland:
Thank you for disclosing a vulnerability responsibly!
@wdbacker     23 November, 2021
    Twitter wdbacker wdbacker from Paradisio:
Thank you for reporting a vulnerability on our website. We fixed it and really appreciate your input!
@CERT_rlp     18 January, 2021
    Twitter CERT_rlp CERT-rlp from CERT-rlp:
The team of CERT-rlp would like to thank EzioPaglia for a responsible and coordinated disclosure of vulnerabilities

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500+ Websites
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1000+ Websites

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30+ Reports
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30+ Reports
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Research Statistics



Total reports:8820
Total reports on VIP sites:752
Total patched vulnerabilities:4719
Total vulnerabilities on Hold (Open Bug Bounty):1291
Recommendations received:46
Active since:26.12.2018
Top Security Researcher Awards:Gold Star Top Security Researcher of the Month
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