Vulnerability Chaining for Higher Impact
Combine low-severity findings into high-impact exploit chains and demonstrate business impact.
What is Vulnerability Chaining?
Vulnerability chaining combines multiple lower-severity vulnerabilities into a single exploit chain with a higher overall impact. A chain of SSRF + IMDS access + IAM credential theft has far greater impact than any individual component rated alone.
Why Chains Matter in Bug Bounties
Programs reward impact, not individual bug count. A low-severity XSS combined with a self-XSS bypass + CSRF to trigger it may constitute an account takeover chain worth high/critical reward instead of three separate low-severity submissions.
All lessons in this course
- Reading Bug Bounty Scopes and Rules
- Writing High-Quality Bug Reports
- Vulnerability Chaining for Higher Impact
- Ethics, Responsible Disclosure, and Legal Considerations