Authentication Bypass Using Root Array

Lots of #bugbountytips get posted on twitter, but some of them are ... weird. Let's explore the technical details of one tweet to understand where this tip came from, why this tip was wrong, and eventually learn about the real underlaying vulnerability. This is a surprising turn of events! advertisement: Get my handwritten font https://shop.liveoverflow.com Checkout our courses on https://hextree.io Authentication Bypass Due to Empty Where Clause and SQL Injection in CodeIgniter https://liveoverflow.com/authenticati... Thank you Eslam for sharing the details with us! Follow Eslam on Twitter:   / eslam3kll   The #bugbountytips tweet:   / 1526795822687346688   Eslam's old post: https://infosecwriteups.com/authentic... Eslam's new blog: https://eslam3kl.gitbook.io/blog/bug-.... Day[0] Podcast: https://dayzerosec.com/vulns/2022/03/... Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - The bugbountytips Tweet 01:21 - The Original Blog 02:43 - Talking to Eslam about the Happy Accident 04:36 - Digging Deeper 05:39 - Researching Login Code with Codeigniter 06:54 - Example Vulnerable Login Code 08:08 - Improving the Writeup 09:18 - Surprise SQL Injection! 11:37 - Conclusion 12:31 - hextree =[ ❤️ Support ]= → per Video:   / liveoverflow   → per Month:    / @liveoverflow   2nd Channel:    / liveunderflow   =[ 🐕 Social ]= → Twitter:   / liveoverflow   → Streaming: https://twitch.tvLiveOverflow/ → TikTok:   / liveoverflow_   → Instagram:   / liveoverflow   → Blog: https://liveoverflow.com/ → Subreddit:   / liveoverflow   → Facebook:   / liveoverflow