Top 10 Browser Extensions Every Bug Bounty Hunter?Needs

As bug bounty hunters, we need to save time by avoiding constant switching between the terminal, multiple tabs, Burp Suite (including Intruder, Repeater, and Proxy), and the browser. This constant switching can become extremely frustrating after long hours of research and application testing.

So Here are some Top Browser Extensions Every Bug Bounty Hunter Needs

1. Technology Profilers

A technology profiler is a tool or service used by bug bounty hunters to gather detailed information about the technologies, frameworks, and software running on a target website or application. It scans the target to identify the server software, CMS, plugins, libraries, and other components. This information helps the bug bounty hunter understand the attack surface, identify potential vulnerabilities, and focus their testing efforts more effectively. Essentially, it’s like a digital detective that reveals the underlying tech stack to aid in the hunt for bugs.

There are 3 great Technology Profilers extensions:

1. Wappalyzer?: Chrome, FireFox
2. Builtwith: Chrome, FireFox
3. WhatRuns: Chrome, FireFox

2. JS beautifier

Many times while finding bugs in web application we come across unformatted, messy JavaScript files. While we can reformat these files by copying and pasting the code into another website or using a code editor, this process requires switching between the browser and another tab, which can be inconvenient. What if we used an extension that beautifies and formats the code directly where the JavaScript file exists, eliminating the need for copying, pasting, or moving the data? Chrome Link, FireFox Link, Alternative

3. TruffleHog

Truffle Hog is a tool designed to search for sensitive information, like API keys, passwords, and other secrets, that may be inadvertently exposed in source code repositories. For bug bounty hunters, it helps in identifying potential vulnerabilities by locating hidden secrets that could be exploited by attackers. Using Truffle Hog can significantly enhance the effectiveness of vulnerability assessments and penetration testing by revealing critical information that might otherwise go unnoticed. Chrome Link, FireFox Link

4. Link Gopher and Bulk URL?Opener?

Link Gopher: Sometimes while Bug Bounty Hunting we need to extreact all the links from a webpage so we can test multiple things like parameters, functionality, redirections, and working of a website. This tool help you to collect all the links from current web page in one click. Chrome Link, FireFox Link

Bulk URL Opener: when we gather large number of targeted links for security testing we may need to open all links at once instead of opening every single link in each new tab. This tool help to open large numbers of links in one click. Chrome Link, FireFox Link

5. Freedium Extension?

While Security research & Pentesting assessment we read lot of articles and sometimes these articles on Medium are paid, But we really need to read all these articles, So Freedium extension break the Paywall and let you read the paid articles for absolute free Chrome Link, FireFox Link

6. HacksTool

Hack tools is a we browser extension which included all types of payloads, useful, linux command powershell command, tty shell command, basic XSS payloads and much more?!!! Chrome Link, FireFox Link

7. Temp?Mail

Temp Mail provides you temporary mails without switching to another tab or website which increase your efficiency and than you don’t need to bother yourself by continuously switching between tabs to get your data Chrome Link, FireFox Link

8. VPN, Add Blocker, Video Speed Controller?

VPN, Add Blocker & Video Speed Controller are perfect combination of extensions while you are researching through video content. VPN will keep you secure, Add blocker will save your from annoying adds and save your time & lastly Video Speed Controller is automatically become important while watching long videos it bypass the video speed limit from 2x and increase to maximum 100x speed.?

VPN: Chrome Link, FireFox Link

Add Blocker: Chrome Link, FireFox Link

Video Speed Controller: Chrome Link, FireFox Link

9. Cookie Extractor and?editor?

Cookie Extractor: This tool helps you extract cookies from web applications. Cookies often contain sensitive information like session IDs or authentication tokens. By extracting and analyzing cookies, you can identify security vulnerabilities such as session fixation or insufficient cookie security.

Cookie Editor: This extension allows you to modify cookies in your browser. This is useful for testing how a web application responds to different cookie values or configurations. It helps in uncovering vulnerabilities related to insecure handling of cookies, such as lack of encryption or validation. Chrome Link, FireFox Link

10. WayBackMachine

The Wayback Machine browser extension is a valuable tool for bug bounty hunters because it allows you to:

Access Old Versions of Pages, Track Changes in Websites, Explore URLs, Access Sitemaps, Collections and Word Clouds

In essence, the Wayback Machine extension provides a comprehensive historical view of websites, empowering bug bounty hunters to conduct thorough security assessments by examining both past and current states of web pages and their vulnerabilities. Chrome Link, FireFox Link

If you are reading this article in near future check out my github reposiotry where I’ll update all the web-extension I’ll found in near future

https://github.com/Raunaksplanet/My-CS-Store/blob/main/Bug%20Bounty/Browser-Extension-For-BugBounty-Hunters.md

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