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Security researcher EzioPaglia has already helped fix 5563 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  1060

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]

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 or e-books in my Amazon wish list https://www.amazon.it/hz/wishlist/ls/3D2XQZP55AV8Xref_wl_share , 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

Follow me on:
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Ethics and Rules:
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Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@Krok141     6 March, 2024
    Twitter Krok141 Krok141 from Tabor A Je To:
Thank you for reporting the issues, good work.
@CERT_rlp     10 October, 2023
    Twitter CERT_rlp CERT-rlp from CERT-rlp:
The team of CERT-rlp would like to thank EzioPaglia once again for a responsible and coordinated disclosure of XSS and SQLi vulnerabilities
@dusalnet     5 September, 2023
    Twitter dusalnet Almas from Dusal.net:
Thank you very much for reporting the vulnerability. Good luck with your everything!!!
@GtBib     4 September, 2023
    Twitter GtBib Josep from directorioexit.info:
Your report was very helpful! Thank you very much !
@MPDL     20 June, 2023
    Twitter MPDL Benjamin from Max Planck Digital Library:
Thank you for reporting a vulnerability on our website. We fixed it in the new version and shut down the test instance.
@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.

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Honor Badges


Number of Secured Websites

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10+ Websites
50+ Websites
500+ Websites
WEB SECURITY VETERAN
1000+ Websites

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WAF Bypasser
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30+ Reports
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30+ Reports
Fastest Fix
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Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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Patch Master
55% Patched
Patch Guru
65% Patched
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75% Patched

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10+ Recommends
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Research Statistics



Total reports:10895
Total reports on VIP sites:814
Total patched vulnerabilities:5563
Total vulnerabilities on Hold (Open Bug Bounty):702
Recommendations received:51
Active since:26.12.2018
Top Security Researcher Awards:Gold Star Top Security Researcher of the Month
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  Recent Recommendations

    20 March, 2024
    TechVitaverdura:
Great exchanges with this person, thank you for your help and your report
    20 March, 2024
    Mek:
He reported some vulnerabilities and oversights of security best practices on my small private project web page.
Was responsive to e-mail, unlike many other people, so yes, I can recommend him.
    20 March, 2024
    ztwo79:
We would like to thank Pooja for responsibly disclosing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in our website. Her prompt reporting and assistance in developing a fix were instrumental in ensuring the security of our users.
    16 March, 2024
    TorutheRedFox:
Thanks for the help with the XSS vulnerability. It was a quick fix.
    15 March, 2024
    adesignguy:
Reported an XSS vulnerability which was helpful and much appreciated. I have patched it now as soon as I saw the email which was forwarded onto me!