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    Twitch Featured Clip Auth Bypass

    The purpose of featured clips are to allow streamers to select any clip of their own channel and set it as featured on their main video page. As it suggests the streamer themselves hand picked/promoted the clip, there are safety features to stop the clip creator from editing or deleting it once it is featured. And should be strictly restricted to the channel owner and authorized editors only. Featured Clip Auth Bypass (Medium/High) I was digging around the clip editing feature on Twitch, curious about the data sent when editing a clip. In the POST request was something that caught my eye, a “shouldFeature” flag amongst the JSON metadata. My…

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    My Favourite Tools

    Web Development Laravel: The PHP framework that inspired me to continue my programming journey. Laravel Herd: A one-click local PHP development environment that just works. JetBrains PhpStorm: My go-to IDE for PHP. It’s a complete and comfortable fully polished environment. JetBrains GoLand: All the same reasons as PhpStorm, but for Go development. Tailwind CSS: Makes front-end more bearable for me, while still allowing for a unique look. Databases MySQL: My primary relational database. Redis: For caching and real-time data. Elasticsearch: My go-to for search functionality. Network & Proxy Tools Fiddler Classic: A simple, easy-to-use proxy for monitoring, modifying, and replaying HTTPS requests. mitmproxy: The tool I use when Fiddler doesn’t…