About Me & My Achievements

About Me & My Achievements

Ayush Prajapati

Offensive Security Researcher | Bug Bounty Hunter | CTF Player

I specialize in identifying real-world vulnerabilities in production systems, academic institutions, and public platforms.
Below are selected write-ups demonstrating practical exploitation and responsible disclosure.


Bug Bounty & Responsible Disclosure

$600 – Self Hosted Program

How I Got $600 Bounty from a Self-Hosted Program
124 claps · 3 min read
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$100 – AI Bot Code Injection (HackerOne)

My First HackerOne Bounty – Code Injection on AI Bot
91 claps · 3 min read
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Notion Disclosure

How I Earned Bounty from Notion
246 claps · 5 min read
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Chess.com Disclosure

Bounty from Chess.com Membership Logic
151 claps · 2 min read
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$125 in 10 Minutes

Rapid Vulnerability Discovery & Exploitation
128 claps · 2 min read
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University & Government Findings

IIT Delhi – Advanced Exploitation

How I Hacked IIT Delhi (Even SQLMap Failed)
165 claps · 6 min read
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IIT Kanpur – IDOR & Payment Bypass

214 claps · 2 min read
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IIT KGP Exploitation

211 claps · 3 min read
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IIT Madras – XSS via PDF.js + DoS

134 claps · 3 min read
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NIT Website – XSS Discovery

175 claps · 3 min read
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State Government – SQL Injection

166 claps · 3 min read
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Web Exploitation Techniques Demonstrated

  • SQL Injection
  • XSS (Stored & Reflected)
  • IDOR
  • CSV Injection
  • Code Injection
  • Input Validation Bypass
  • Business Logic Exploits
  • Denial of Service

CTF & Competitive Security

  • Payatu Hiring CTF 2025
  • TCS HackQuest 2025 (Round 2)
  • TCS HackQuest 2025

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