Pentest & bug bounty
reporting guides

Practical guides for penetration testers and bug bounty hunters — write better reports, score with CVSS, and deliver findings clients act on. Open the report generator.

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Guides to help you
write better reports

Pentest and bug bounty reporting guides — templates, CVSS scoring, and deliverable structure.

Report writing

How to Write a Penetration Testing Report

Step-by-step framework for pentest deliverables — executive summary, findings structure, PoC, and remediation clients act on.

July 10, 2026 10 min read
Bug bounty

How to Write a Bug Bounty Report

Avoid the four top rejection reasons — missing repro, no impact, duplicates, and out of scope — with a report structure triage accepts.

July 9, 2026 9 min read
Report writing

Vulnerability Assessment Report Example

A filled-in sample with executive summary, findings table, CVSS scoring, and individual finding detail you can adapt.

July 8, 2026 10 min read
Security research

CVSS 3.1 vs 4.0

What changed in CVSS 4.0, how scores differ in practice, and which version to use in your vulnerability reports.

July 7, 2026 9 min read
Report writing

OWASP Top 10 for Report Writers

Classify findings with OWASP Top 10 (2021) — what each category covers, how to describe it, and which CWEs to reference.

July 6, 2026 11 min read
Bug bounty

Why Bug Bounty Reports Get Rejected

The triage logic behind duplicate and informative closures — and how to write submissions that survive first review.

July 5, 2026 9 min read
Tools

PlexTrac Alternative for Solo Testers

Free pentest reporting tools compared — when you need PlexTrac, and what to use instead as a solo tester or small team.

July 4, 2026 8 min read