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hogarth45 Top VIP Security Researcher of the Month | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher hogarth45 has already helped fix 383 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  20

Real name:
Jesse

About me:
north dakota

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Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@MagnusJacobi     6 April, 2016
    Twitter MagnusJacobi Magnus from Jigidi:
Jesse found a vulnerability on our website. He provided us with the necessary information so we were able to fix it in no time. Thanks a lot.
@zeemaps     26 February, 2016
    Twitter zeemaps Pankaj Garg from ZeeMaps:
Hi, Thank you for finding and reporting the Reflective XSS vulnerability on our site. Because of your timely reporting, we've fixed the vulnerability before any of our users reported anything amiss.

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Total reports:493
Total reports on VIP sites:57
Total patched vulnerabilities:383
Recommendations received:2
Active since:15.12.2015
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    13 January, 2025
    nzpdev:
Andrea discovered an XSS vulnerability on one of our pages. We promptly patched that thanks to her report. We give top marks for spotting our mistake. Thank you again
    20 December, 2024
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