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Top reward
No cash rewards
Top severity paid
Not published
Assets in scope
11
Public CVEs
0
Last change
No changes yet

At a glance

What to know before you start testing.

No cash rewards
A disclosure program: you report for credit, not money.
Replies within 3 days
As the policy promises.
Publish after a fix
Coordinate the timing with the company.

Rewards

What the company's own policy page says it pays.

This program does not pay cash rewards.

Pays cash
No We don’t offer any bounties, but we maintain a Hall of Fame for researchers who submit high-effort and good-quality reports.
Response
Within 3 days Acknowledgement : Within 48-72 hours
Hall of fame
Yes We will recognize valid reports in our Hall of Fame .

Summarised with AI from the company's policy, read 12 Nov 2026, and checked word for word against it. Read the original

Scope

11 assets you may test, 4 excluded.

Domains 3

  • developerquiz.org
  • donate.freecodecamp.org
  • freecodecamp.org

Web 3

  • freecodecamp.org/<language>/news
  • freecodecamp.org/learn
  • freecodecamp.org/news

Android apps 2

  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.freecodecamp
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.freecodecamp.learntocoderpg

APIs 2

  • api.freecodecamp.org
  • socrates.freecodecamp.org

iOS apps 1

  • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/freecodecamp/id1442777773
Out of scope (4)
  • Known upstream software issues
  • Physical access requirements
  • Regular bugs, Feature requests & Content violations
  • services we don’t control

Rules

What the policy asks of you, and the bug types it won't reward, quoted from freeCodeCamp's policy. "We" in these lines means the program, not this site.

While testing

  • Never attempt non-technical attacks such as social engineering, phishing, or physical attacks against our employees, users, or infrastructure.
  • Perform testing only on our official platforms listed above.
  • Do not attempt to access or modify user data without permission other than your own. Stop immediately if you find sensitive user data.
  • Do not use automated tools that could cause service disruption or violate our terms of service.
  • Ensure that you are using the latest, stable, and updated versions of the Operating System and Web Browser(s) available to you on your machine.

Not accepted

  • SSL scanner warnings
  • Clickjacking on non-sensitive pages
  • Issues requiring local machine access
  • Vulnerabilities requiring admin privileges
  • Generic tool output without manual verification
  • SSL/DNS configuration warnings
  • Dependency alerts without proof of exploit
  • Subdomain enumeration lists
  • AI-generated reports without manual verification.
  • Self-exploitation vulnerabilities like installing a malicious extension
  • Issues requiring extensive social engineering
  • Theoretical vulnerabilities without real impact
  • Problems only affecting outdated OS or browsers
  • Vulnerabilities in services we don’t control
  • Known upstream software issues
  • Regular bugs, Feature requests & Content violations
  • Physical access requirements

Summarised with AI from the company's policy, read 12 Nov 2026, and checked word for word against it. Read the original

Changes

Tracked since 11 Nov 2026. Last checked 3 hours ago.

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Public CVEs

Published vulnerabilities in this vendor's products, from the NVD.

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