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rootpentesting | Security Researcher Profile


Security researcher rootpentesting has already helped fix 322 vulnerabilities.



Researcher reputation:  90

About me:
Independent Security Researcher Pentesting - Web Application Security / Network Security

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Recommendations and Acknowledgements

@itsecop     23 April, 2019
    Twitter itsecop itsecop :
Thanks root, for pointed out the XSS vulnerability on our website!
Your input was very much appreciated!
@ronkosters     30 August, 2016
    Twitter ronkosters Ron Kösters from Goal043:
Root helped us improving our security by pointing out a vulnerability. With his help we got it patched, many thanks!
@basenotes     19 August, 2016
    Twitter basenotes Grant from Basenotes:
Found an old page with a vunerability and we were able to deal with the issue as a result
@PepperedBV     11 August, 2016
    Twitter PepperedBV Coen van der Poll from Peppered:
Thanks for helping us improve our platform!
@primrose_ph     1 August, 2016
    Twitter primrose_ph Paul Hopgood from Primrose:
Root found a vulnerability on our site and after contacting him for details we can now get it patched. Many thanks indeed!
@ErahPatrick     22 July, 2016
    Twitter ErahPatrick Patrick Erah from Pharmacotherapy Group:
Very grateful for the notification of our website vulnerability and the recommendations for resolving it. You are wonderful.
@GetGamingdotnet     15 July, 2016
    Twitter GetGamingdotnet The Fabby from Get Gaming:
Root found a vunerability in one of our scripts. After informing us we were able to fix the vunerability and get confirmation from root that it was no longer vunerable. Thank you!

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Honor Badges


Number of Secured Websites

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Web Security Veteran Badge
10+ Websites
50+ Websites
500+ Websites
WEB SECURITY VETERAN
1000+ Websites

Advanced Security Research

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AppSec Logic Master Badge
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WAF Bypasser
CSRF Master
30+ Reports
AppSec Logic Master
30+ Reports
Fastest Fix
Fix in 24 hours

Outstanding Achievements

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Secured OBB
OBB Advocate
Improved OBB

Commitment to Remediate and Patch

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

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REPUTABLE
10+ Recommends
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25+ Recommends
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50+ Recommends

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1 Post
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5+ Posts

Research Statistics



Total reports:606
Total reports on VIP sites:39
Total patched vulnerabilities:322
Recommendations received:7
Active since:06.07.2016

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  Recent Recommendations

    22 April, 2024
    genoverband:
Thank you for your invaluable help in ensuring the security of our domain and its visitors!
    10 April, 2024
    Mars:
Hatim uncovered a XSS bug that we were able to quickly resolve. Thanks very much for your assistance and help.
    8 April, 2024
    Panthermedia:
Thanks to the support of Hatim Chabik, we were able to identify and solve an XSS bug.
    5 April, 2024
    pubpharm:
Pooja found a XSS vulnerability on our website and provided us with the needed Information for replication and fixing the issue. Which she verified afterwards.
We thank her for the reporting and assistance.
    2 April, 2024
    genoverband:
Thank you for your invaluable help in ensuring the security of our domain and its visitors!