Bug Bounty Certification Test

The Bug Bounty Certification Test is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests ethical bug bounty skills — scope, rules and legal safe harbour, reconnaissance and attack-surface mapping, finding common web vulnerabilities such as IDOR, SSRF, XSS and injection, and writing high-quality, reproducible reports — written to the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide, OWASP Top 10, PortSwigger Web Security Academy and disclose.io for 2026. For authorised testing only. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Bug Bounty Hunting certificate (SOA-BB). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Vulnerability disclosure and safe harbor policy terms (disclose.io), Web Security Testing Guide (OWASP), Web Security Academy (IDOR, SSRF, access control) (PortSwigger) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Take the free Bug Bounty Certification Test on Science of Apps. It tests recon, OWASP Top 10 bugs, and IDOR and SSRF against a 2026–2027 syllabus, and passing earns a verifiable certificate you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Bug Bounty Hunting certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Vulnerability disclosure and safe harbor policy terms (disclose.io); Web Security Testing Guide (OWASP); Web Security Academy (IDOR, SSRF, access control) (PortSwigger); OWASP Top 10:2021 (OWASP Foundation); OWASP Top 10 (OWASP); SQL Injection (OWASP). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Scope, Rules and Ethics (Programme scope, Safe harbour and Responsible conduct); Reconnaissance and Attack Surface (Subdomain enumeration, Mapping applications and Technology fingerprinting); Common Web Vulnerabilities (Access control, SSRF and injection and XSS and others); Reporting and Impact (Writing reports, Severity and Remediation advice). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Bug bounty hunter, Penetration tester, Application security engineer, Security researcher and Web developer learning security. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Bug Bounty knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

Only within an authorised programme's published scope and rules. Testing systems without permission can break computer misuse laws, even with good intentions. Safe-harbour language in a programme policy gives legal protection when you follow the rules.

A clear title, the affected asset, step-by-step reproduction, proof of impact, and suggested remediation, without accessing more data than needed to prove the issue.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.