KU Leuven Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)
By KU Leuven Vulnerability disclosure program on Intigriti kuleuven.be
- Top reward
- No cash rewards
- Top severity paid
- Not published
- Assets in scope
- 3
- Public CVEs
- 0
- Last change
At a glance
What to know before you start testing.
- No cash rewards
- A disclosure program: you report for credit, not money.
- Report on Intigriti
- Submit through the program page.
- Full safe harbor
- Good-faith research is authorised; no legal action.
- No public write-ups
- Keep findings private.
Rewards
What Intigriti lists as the payout for each severity.
This program does not pay cash rewards.
- Top reward
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€4,050
2025: €4050
Summarised with AI from the program policy on Intigriti, read 12 Nov 2026, and checked word for word against it. Read the original
Scope
3 assets you may test, 1 excluded.
Networks 2
- IPv4: 134.58.0.0/16
- IPv6: 2a02:2c40::/32
Web 1
- www.kuleuven.be
Out of scope (1)
- www.trismegistos.org
Rules
What the policy asks of you, and the bug types it won't reward, quoted from KU Leuven Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) (via Intigriti)'s policy.
While testing
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Respect the scope of the program
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Not discuss or disclose vulnerability information without prior written consent (including PoC's on YouTube and Vimeo)
Not accepted
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API key disclosure without proven business impact
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Wordpress usernames disclosure
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Pre-Auth Account takeover/OAuth squatting
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Self-XSS that cannot be used to exploit other users
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Verbose messages/files/directory listings without disclosing any sensitive information
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CORS misconfiguration on non-sensitive endpoints
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Missing cookie flags
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Missing security headers
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Cross-site Request Forgery with no or low impact
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Presence of autocomplete attribute on web forms
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Reverse tabnabbing
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Bypassing rate-limits or the non-existence of rate-limits.
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Best practices violations (password complexity, expiration, re-use, etc.)
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Clickjacking without proven impact/unrealistic user interaction
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CSV Injection
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Sessions not being invalidated (logout, enabling 2FA, etc.)
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Tokens leaked to third parties
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Anything related to email spoofing, SPF, DMARC or DKIM
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Content injection without being able to modify the HTML
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Username/email enumeration
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Email bombing
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HTTP Request smuggling without any proven impact
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Homograph attacks
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XMLRPC enabled
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Banner grabbing/Version disclosure
Summarised with AI from the program policy on Intigriti, read 12 Nov 2026, and checked word for word against it. Read the original
Changes
Tracked since 11 Nov 2026. Last checked 32 minutes ago.
No changes yet. When the rewards or scope move, you will see it here and in the RSS feed.
Before we tracked it
Scope and reward changes recorded before this page started tracking it.
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Scope removed
www.trismegistos.org (out of scope)
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Scope removed
IPv6: 2a02:2c40::/32
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Scope removed
www.kuleuven.be
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Scope removed
IPv4: 134.58.0.0/16
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Scope added
All KU Leuven related public domains
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Scope removed
IPv6: 2a02:2c40::/32
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Scope removed
IPv4: 134.58.0.0/16
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.
Original policy
Copied from www.intigriti.com on 12 Nov 2026. The summaries on this page are made from it; the live page may have changed since.
Description
At KU Leuven, we are committed to maintaining high standards of security for our systems and user data. We value the research and expertise of security researchers and ethical hackers who help us identify potential vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. Therefore, we would like to invite you to help us in this effort.
Our Responsible Disclosure Program allows working closely with security researchers to identify vulnerabilities. By participating in our program, you are helping us maintain the security and integrity of our systems, ensuring a safer experience for all. KU Leuven appreciates the effort and commitment of all contributors, as long as the vulnerability is within scope, is detected without intrusive testing, and follows the disclosure guidelines.
Thank you for your contribution to our security!
Note: We may award a bonus if we determine that a serious vulnerability has been discovered and the quality of the report meets our standards for thoroughness and clarity.
Recent Bonus Awards:
- 2022: €2000
- 2023: €2500
- 2025: €4050
- 2026: €1500
Rules of engagement
By participating in this program, you agree to:
- Respect the Community Code of Conduct
- Respect the Intigriti Terms and Conditions
- Respect the scope of the program
- Not discuss or disclose vulnerability information without prior written consent (including PoC's on YouTube and Vimeo)
In scope
We’ve worked hard to address most of our known vulnerabilities, and now we’re reaching out for your help to identify any issues we may have missed! We are particularly focused on the following areas:
- Leaks of non-public personal data
- Horizontal / vertical privilege escalation
- Application-specific vulnerabilities
- Remote code executions
- Access to backends (e.g., databases)
Feedback Would you like to help us improve our program or have some feedback to share, please send your anonymous feedback here: Program feedback link Please note this form will be checked periodically and should not be used for submission or support queries.
Out of scope
URLs
Application
- API key disclosure without proven business impact
- Wordpress usernames disclosure
- Pre-Auth Account takeover/OAuth squatting
- Self-XSS that cannot be used to exploit other users
- Verbose messages/files/directory listings without disclosing any sensitive information
- CORS misconfiguration on non-sensitive endpoints
- Missing cookie flags
- Missing security headers
- Cross-site Request Forgery with no or low impact
- Presence of autocomplete attribute on web forms
- Reverse tabnabbing
- Bypassing rate-limits or the non-existence of rate-limits.
- Best practices violations (password complexity, expiration, re-use, etc.)
- Clickjacking without proven impact/unrealistic user interaction
- CSV Injection
- Sessions not being invalidated (logout, enabling 2FA, etc.)
- Tokens leaked to third parties
- Anything related to email spoofing, SPF, DMARC or DKIM
- Content injection without being able to modify the HTML
- Username/email enumeration
- Email bombing
- HTTP Request smuggling without any proven impact
- Homograph attacks
- XMLRPC enabled
- Banner grabbing/Version disclosure
- Not stripping metadata of files
- Same-site scripting
- Subdomain takeover without taking over the subdomain
- Arbitrary file upload without proof of the existence of the uploaded file
- Blind SSRF without proven business impact (pingbacks are not sufficient)
- Disclosed/misconfigured Google Maps API keys
- Host header injection without proven business impact
General
- In case that a reported vulnerability was already known to the company from their own tests, it will be flagged as a duplicate
- Theoretical security issues with no realistic exploit scenario(s) or attack surfaces, or issues that would require complex end user interactions to be exploited
- Spam, social engineering and physical intrusion
- DoS/DDoS attacks or brute force attacks
- Vulnerabilities that only work on software that no longer receive security updates
- Attacks requiring physical access to a victim's computer/device, man in the middle or compromised user accounts
- Recently discovered zero-day vulnerabilities found in in-scope assets within 14 days after the public release of a patch or mitigation may be reported, but are usually not eligible for a bounty
- Reports that state that software is out of date/vulnerable without a proof-of-concept
Severity
This programs follows Intigriti's triage standards.
FAQ
We currently don't offer test credentials for this program.