freeCodeCamp
Vulnerability disclosure program on security.txt freecodecamp.org
- 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.
- Report by email
- https://contribute.freecodecamp.org/security
- 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
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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
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Within 3 days
Acknowledgement : Within 48-72 hours
- Hall of fame
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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
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Never attempt non-technical attacks such as social engineering, phishing, or physical attacks against our employees, users, or infrastructure.
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Perform testing only on our official platforms listed above.
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Do not attempt to access or modify user data without permission other than your own. Stop immediately if you find sensitive user data.
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Do not use automated tools that could cause service disruption or violate our terms of service.
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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
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SSL scanner warnings
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Clickjacking on non-sensitive pages
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Issues requiring local machine access
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Vulnerabilities requiring admin privileges
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Generic tool output without manual verification
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SSL/DNS configuration warnings
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Dependency alerts without proof of exploit
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Subdomain enumeration lists
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AI-generated reports without manual verification.
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Self-exploitation vulnerabilities like installing a malicious extension
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Issues requiring extensive social engineering
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Theoretical vulnerabilities without real impact
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Problems only affecting outdated OS or browsers
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Vulnerabilities in services we don’t control
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Known upstream software issues
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Regular bugs, Feature requests & Content violations
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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.
No changes yet. When the rewards or scope move, you will see it here and in the RSS feed.
Public CVEs
Published vulnerabilities in this vendor's products, from the NVD.
No CVEs matched yet. We match NVD records by vendor name, so products sold under another name can be missing.