How I Discovering the Origin IP In Bug Bounty — Bug Bounty Tuesday

kerstan
OSINT Team
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3 min readFeb 20, 2024

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Hello everyone, I’m Kerstan.

Today is Bug bounty Tuesday, I will share with you how to find your target’s Origin IP during bug bounty hunting.

So, let’s dive right in.

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1. Intro

During pentesting, we may encounter different WAFs (Web Application Firewalls) that prevent us from finding the accurate target IP. I am going to share how to find your target’s Origin IP during bug bounty hunting.

When you’re hunting on a bug bounty target and WAF stands in your way, here’s a powerful technique to uncover the Origin IP by scanning the target’s IP range.

I’ll be using a simple yet effective tool called hakoriginfinder by hakluke! Get it!!!

https://github.com/hakluke/hakoriginfinder

https://github.com/hakluke/hakoriginfinder

2. methodology

Here’s my methodology to find the Origin IP using this tool and technique:

  1. Discover your target’s ASN and check : https://bgp.he.net/AS33848#_prefixes

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