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Vulnerability allowed hacker to Delete any Facebook Photo; Rewarded with $12,500 for reporting bug

Indian Security Enthusiast Arul Kumar’ recently reported an interesting Facebook vulnerability that allowed him to delete any Facebook image within a minute. Facebook Bug Bounty program rewarded him with $12,500 USD for helping the Facebook Security team to patch this critical loophole in their own “”. The flaw is critical because using this exploitation method hacker can also delete Mark Zuckerberg’s (Facebook Founder) Photos from his Photo Album, or even from wall of any verified page too. The vulnerability was fixed by Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/09/vulnerability-allowed-hacker-to-delete.html

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