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hunt-brute-force
Hunt Missing/Weak Rate Limiting — login brute force, OTP/2FA brute force (10^6 keyspace), password-reset-token brute, credential stuffing, username/email enumeration via error-string / status-code / timing differences, weak password policy, missing CAPTCHA, IP-based rate-limit bypass via X-Forwarded-For and friends, ReDoS. Distinguishes hard lockout vs soft IP-throttle vs CAPTCHA-injection vs silent shadow-throttling (avoids false-negative 'no rate limit' conclusions). Medium to Critical depending on what the brute reaches (OTP→ATO = Critical).
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# HUNT-BRUTE-FORCE — Rate Limiting / Brute Force / Enumeration
> Grounding note: this skill is built from published technique classes, not from a
> curated set of named HackerOne reports. `report_count` is intentionally `0` — do
> not cite an exact payout or report ID you cannot verify. Where a public case is
> well-documented (e.g. Laxman Muthiyah's Instagram password-reset OTP race/rotation
> research, 2019–2021), it is named below as a *technique reference*, not a payout claim.
## Crown Jewel Targets
OTP brute force (6-digit = 1,000,000 combinations) with no effective rate limit = Critical ATO bypass.
**Highest-value chains:**
- **OTP / 2FA brute → MFA bypass → ATO** — no effective rate limit on `/verify-otp`, full 000000–999999 keyspace reachable