Report a Security Issue
If you’ve discovered a security vulnerability on belkode.com, we want to know about it. Belkode LLC takes the security of our platform and our customers’ data seriously, and we review every legitimate report we receive.
Responsible, good-faith security research is welcome here, and we won’t pursue legal action against researchers who follow the guidelines below.
1Responsible Disclosure Guidelines
If you follow the principles below when reporting a security issue on belkode.com, Belkode LLC will not initiate legal action or enforcement investigations against you in response to your report. We ask that you:
- Give us reasonable time to review and fix the issue before disclosing it publicly or sharing it with others
- Do not interact with or access private accounts without the account owner’s explicit consent
- Make a good-faith effort to avoid privacy violations, service disruptions, or data destruction
- Do not exploit the vulnerability for any reason, including to demonstrate further risk or access sensitive data
- Comply with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations
2Bounty Program
Belkode LLC recognizes and rewards security researchers who help protect our platform by responsibly reporting vulnerabilities. Bounties are awarded at our sole discretion, based on risk level, impact, and report quality. To potentially qualify for a bounty, you must:
- Follow all of the fundamentals listed above
- Report a valid security vulnerability that poses a genuine risk to user privacy or platform security
- Submit your report directly to contact@belkode.com — please don’t contact employees directly
- Disclose any accidental privacy violations or service disruptions that occurred during your research
- Understand that response priority is based on risk severity and confirmed reports may take time to resolve
3Rewards by Severity
Rewards are based on the impact and severity of the reported vulnerability. Please include detailed, reproducible steps — issues that can’t be reproduced aren’t eligible for a bounty. The first valid report of a given issue receives the bounty; multiple bugs caused by a single underlying issue are treated as one report.
- Remote code execution
- Remote shell or command execution
- Vertical authentication bypass
- SQL injection leaking customer data
- Full account takeover
- Lateral authentication bypass
- Disclosure of sensitive internal data
- Stored XSS affecting other users
- Local file inclusion
- Insecure handling of auth cookies
- Logic or business process flaws
- Insecure direct object references
- CSRF on sensitive actions
- Unvalidated redirects to external sites
- Open redirects
- Reflected XSS
- Low-sensitivity information leaks
- Missing security headers
4What’s Out of Scope
- Denial of service (DoS/DDoS) attacks or testing
- Spam or social engineering attacks
- Physical security issues
- Vulnerabilities in third-party services or plugins not directly controlled by Belkode LLC
- Reports generated solely by automated scanning tools without manual validation
- Issues already known to our team or previously reported
5How to Submit a Report
To report a security vulnerability, send an email to contact@belkode.com with the subject line: “Security Vulnerability Report — belkode.com”. Your report should include:
- A clear description of the vulnerability
- Step-by-step instructions to reproduce the issue
- The potential impact of the vulnerability
- Any screenshots, videos, or proof-of-concept code, if applicable
We’ll acknowledge your report within 3 business days and keep you informed of our progress throughout the resolution process.