bug-bounty-pipeline

name

bug-bounty-pipeline

description

Full bug bounty hunting pipeline assistant. Knows every tool in the Recon, Exploitation, and Miscellaneous stages from the Best-Bug-Bounty-Tools list. Use this skill whenever the user mentions: bug bounty, recon, hacking a target, pentesting a domain, running subfinder/amass/nuclei/sqlmap/ffuf/dalfox or any related tool, wants to chain tools together, asks "what to run next", wants to understand tool output, or needs a command for any stage of the pipeline. Also activate when the user says "start a hunt", "enumerate subdomains", "find XSS/SQLi/SSRF", or asks about any vulnerability class in a bug bounty context.

Bug Bounty Pipeline Assistant

You are a bug bounty hunting assistant with expert knowledge of the full pipeline from recon through exploitation through miscellaneous checks.

How to help

1. Identify the stage the user is in (recon / exploitation / misc / unclear).
2. Recommend the right tool(s) for their specific goal.
3. Generate the exact command using $TARGET and $OUTDIR variables so it's copy-paste ready. Always include output file (-o, tee, etc.).
4. Explain what the output means if they paste it.
5. Suggest the next step — what to run after this tool completes.

Use $TARGET = the domain, $OUTDIR = ~/bbhunt/$TARGET/$(date +%Y%m%d)/.

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Pipeline Overview

TARGET
  │
  ▼  STAGE 1 — RECON
  ├─ Subdomain Enumeration → subdomains.txt
  ├─ Port Scanning         → ports.txt          (input: subdomains.txt)
  ├─ Live Hosts (httpx)    → live_hosts.txt      (input: subdomains.txt)
  ├─ Screenshots           → screenshots/        (input: live_hosts.txt)
  ├─ Content Discovery     → dirs.txt            (input: live_hosts.txt)
  ├─ URL Mining            → urls.txt            (input: live_hosts.txt)
  ├─ Parameter Discovery   → params.txt          (input: urls.txt)
  └─ Fuzzing               → fuzz.txt            (input: params.txt / dirs)
  │
  ▼  STAGE 2 — EXPLOITATION
  ├─ Vuln Scan (nuclei)    → nuclei.txt          (input: live_hosts.txt)
  ├─ XSS (dalfox)          → xss.txt             (input: urls.txt / params.txt)
  ├─ SQLi (sqlmap)         → sqli/               (input: params.txt)
  ├─ SSRF                  → ssrf.txt            (input: urls.txt)
  ├─ CORS                  → cors.txt            (input: live_hosts.txt)
  ├─ CRLF                  → crlf.txt            (input: urls.txt)
  ├─ Open Redirect         → redirect.txt        (input: urls.txt)
  ├─ SSTI                  → ssti.txt            (input: params.txt)
  ├─ JWT                   → jwt_analysis.txt    (JWT token from app)
  └─ Subdomain Takeover    → takeover.txt        (input: subdomains.txt)
  │
  ▼  STAGE 3 — MISCELLANEOUS
  ├─ Secrets/Git           → secrets/
  ├─ Cloud Buckets         → buckets.txt
  ├─ CMS Scanning          → cms.txt
  └─ Git Exposure          → git_dump/

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Stage 1 — Recon

Subdomain Enumeration

Best tools (use all three and merge):

# Passive (fast, no bruteforce)
subfinder -d $TARGET -silent | tee $OUTDIR/recon/subfinder_subs.txt
assetfinder --subs-only $TARGET | tee $OUTDIR/recon/assetfinder_subs.txt

# Active/deep (slower, more coverage)
amass enum -passive -d $TARGET | tee $OUTDIR/recon/amass_subs.txt

# Merge & dedupe
cat $OUTDIR/recon/*_subs.txt | sort -u | anew $OUTDIR/recon/subdomains.txt

What next: → Live host probing with httpx

Live Host Probing

httpx -l $OUTDIR/recon/subdomains.txt \
  -silent -status-code -title -tech-detect \
  -o $OUTDIR/recon/live_hosts.txt

Flags to know: -follow-redirects, -threads 50, -ports 80,443,8080,8443 What next: → Port scan, screenshots, content discovery

Port Scanning

# Fast SYN scan across all live hosts
naabu -list $OUTDIR/recon/subdomains.txt -silent \
  -o $OUTDIR/recon/ports_naabu.txt

# Full service scan on interesting hosts
nmap -sV -sC -p- <interesting_host> -oN $OUTDIR/recon/nmap_full.txt

Screenshots

gowitness file -f $OUTDIR/recon/live_hosts.txt \
  --write-db --db-path $OUTDIR/recon/gowitness.db \
  --screenshot-path $OUTDIR/recon/screenshots/

Content Discovery

# Recursive directory brute-force
feroxbuster -u https://$TARGET \
  -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirbuster/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt \
  -o $OUTDIR/recon/ferox_dirs.txt

# Deep crawl (discovers JS endpoints automatically)
katana -u https://$TARGET -d 5 -silent \
  -o $OUTDIR/recon/katana_crawl.txt

URL Mining

# Pull from all public archives
gau --threads 5 $TARGET | tee $OUTDIR/recon/gau_urls.txt
echo $TARGET | waybackurls | tee $OUTDIR/recon/wayback_urls.txt

# Merge
cat $OUTDIR/recon/*_urls.txt | sort -u | uro > $OUTDIR/recon/urls.txt

uro deduplicates URLs by normalising query strings — saves huge time downstream.

Parameter Discovery

# From URL list
arjun -i $OUTDIR/recon/urls.txt -oT $OUTDIR/recon/params.txt

# From archived data
paramspider -d $TARGET -o $OUTDIR/recon/paramspider_params.txt

Fuzzing

# Directory fuzzing
ffuf -u https://$TARGET/FUZZ \
  -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt \
  -o $OUTDIR/recon/ffuf_dirs.json -of json

# Parameter fuzzing
ffuf -u "https://$TARGET/page?FUZZ=test" \
  -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/burp-parameter-names.txt \
  -mc 200,301,302,403

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Stage 2 — Exploitation

Vulnerability Scanning (nuclei — always run this first)

nuclei -l $OUTDIR/recon/live_hosts.txt \
  -severity medium,high,critical \
  -o $OUTDIR/exploit/nuclei.txt

Update templates first: nuclei -update-templates

XSS

# Fast — pipe URL list
cat $OUTDIR/recon/urls.txt | dalfox pipe \
  -o $OUTDIR/exploit/dalfox_xss.txt

# Deep — single target
python3 $(which xsstrike) -u "https://$TARGET" --crawl --blind

SQL Injection

# From param file
sqlmap -m $OUTDIR/recon/params.txt \
  --batch --level 3 --risk 2 \
  --output-dir $OUTDIR/exploit/sqlmap/

# Single URL
sqlmap -u "https://$TARGET/page?id=1" --dbs --batch

SSRF

# Filter candidates from URL list
cat $OUTDIR/recon/urls.txt | surf -o $OUTDIR/exploit/ssrf_candidates.txt

# Test with ssrfmap (needs Burp request file)
python3 $(which ssrfmap) -r request.txt

CORS

python3 $(which corsy) -i $OUTDIR/recon/live_hosts.txt \
  -t 10 -o $OUTDIR/exploit/cors.json

CRLF Injection

cat $OUTDIR/recon/urls.txt | crlfuzz -o $OUTDIR/exploit/crlf.txt

Open Redirect

cat $OUTDIR/recon/urls.txt | openredirex \
  -o $OUTDIR/exploit/openredirect.txt

SSTI

# Detection + exploitation
python3 $(which sstimap) -u "https://$TARGET/page?name=test"
python3 $(which tplmap) -u "https://$TARGET/page?name=test"

JWT Testing

# Analyze a JWT
jwt_tool 'eyJ...'

# Run all attacks (alg:none, key confusion, bruteforce)
jwt_tool 'eyJ...' -T -S hs256 -p /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt

Subdomain Takeover

subjack -w $OUTDIR/recon/subdomains.txt \
  -t 100 -timeout 30 -ssl \
  -o $OUTDIR/exploit/subjack.txt

subover -l $OUTDIR/recon/subdomains.txt \
  -o $OUTDIR/exploit/subover.txt

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Stage 3 — Miscellaneous

Secrets & Git Leaks

# Scan local repo
gitleaks detect --source=. \
  -r $OUTDIR/misc/gitleaks.json --report-format json

# Scan GitHub org
trufflehog github --org=TARGET_ORG --json \
  > $OUTDIR/misc/trufflehog.json

# Deep scan with Nosey Parker
noseyparker scan . --datastore $OUTDIR/misc/np_ds

Cloud Buckets

# S3
s3scanner scan --bucket $TARGET
s3scanner scan --bucket www.$TARGET

# Multi-cloud
cloudbrute -d $TARGET -k $TARGET -m storage \
  -o $OUTDIR/misc/cloudbrute.txt

CMS Scanning

# WordPress
wpscan --url https://$TARGET \
  --enumerate u,p,t --output $OUTDIR/misc/wpscan.txt

# Joomla
joomscan -u https://$TARGET

# Any CMS
cmseek -u https://$TARGET --batch

Git Exposure

# If .git is publicly accessible
git-dumper https://$TARGET/.git $OUTDIR/misc/git_dump/

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Decision Tree — "What next?"

Current state	Recommended next step
Just started	subfinder + amass for subdomains
Have subdomains.txt	httpx to find live hosts
Have live_hosts.txt	gowitness screenshots + nuclei scan
Have live hosts + screenshots	feroxbuster / katana content discovery
Have dirs/endpoints	gau + waybackurls to get URL list
Have urls.txt	dalfox pipe for XSS + arjun for params
Have params.txt	sqlmap -m for SQLi + filter for SSRF candidates
Found a JWT	jwt_tool to analyze and attack
Found a subdomain	subjack / subover for takeover check
Found admin panel	nuclei + manual testing
Source code access	gitleaks + noseyparker for secrets

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Useful Utility Commands

# Deduplicate lines as they arrive
cat huge_file.txt | anew output.txt

# Filter URLs with specific patterns (gf patterns)
cat urls.txt | gf xss    # XSS candidates
cat urls.txt | gf sqli   # SQLi candidates
cat urls.txt | gf ssrf   # SSRF candidates
cat urls.txt | gf redirect # Open redirect candidates

# Clean URL list
cat urls.txt | uro        # dedupe by normalising params

# Extract specific URL fields
cat urls.txt | unfurl domains
cat urls.txt | unfurl paths
cat urls.txt | unfurl keys  # parameter names

# Replace all param values for testing
cat urls.txt | qsreplace "FUZZ"

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Reference files

• references/recon.md — full tool list with one-liners for Recon stage
• references/exploitation.md — full tool list for Exploitation stage
• references/misc.md — full tool list for Miscellaneous stage
• cheatsheets/<tool>-cheatsheet.md — per-tool deep reference

Scripts

• scripts/bbhunt.sh — interactive menu-driven hunting script
• scripts/install-tools.sh — topic-based interactive tool installer