A private IT security software company discovered that an Open Bug Bounty researcher had identified an XSS issue and other website vulnerabilities, and wanted a partner to validate the gaps and provide a complete report plus corrective and preventive actions. Synoptek performed manual exploration and automated scans using tools such as OWASP ZAP, OWASP Xenotix, and Nikto, identifying issues including cross-site scripting, missing anti-CSRF tokens, missing X-Frame-Options protections, and potential SQL injection vectors, then delivered recurring reports so the development team could remediate during the dev cycle. After applying the recommended fixes, the client closed the disclosed vulnerabilities, improved its security posture, and reduced future attack risk.

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