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Penetration Test Uncovers Mass Account Takeover Risk in EdTech Platform

Found exploitable account takeover chain affecting all 180k student accounts. Patched and re-tested in 11 days.

0k
Accounts at risk
0
Days to patch critical chain
Contract renewal

The Challenge

Platform handled grades, parent contact info, and student PII for 180k users across 400 schools. A school district's procurement team required a pentest before contract renewal.

The Solution

Full authenticated pentest across student, teacher, and admin roles. Found IDOR chained with predictable session tokens that enabled full account takeover without credentials. Wrote detailed reproducer, worked with their team through patch, re-tested.

The Results

Critical account takeover chain patched in 11 days. Contract renewed. No student data compromised. Full report delivered to district security team.

180k
Accounts at risk
11
Days to patch critical chain
Contract renewal

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