Certified Penetration Testing Specialist (CPTS)
Hack The Box
Apr 2025
Hands on practical exam covering full chain penetration testing across web, network and Active Directory environments, capped by a written report.
Achievements
Certifications
Certified AI/ML Pentester (C-AI/MLPen)
The SecOps Group
Nov 2024
Practical exam covering offensive security testing of AI/ML systems and pipelines.
eJPT (Junior Penetration Tester)
INE Security
Nov 2023
Entry level, hands on penetration testing certification covering network, web and system exploitation fundamentals.
Published CVEs
| CVE | Product | Type | CVSS | Disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-62413 | MQTTXEMQX | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) · CWE-79 | 6.1 medium | Oct 16, 2025 |
- CVE-2025-624136.1 medium
MQTTX · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) · CWE-79
MQTTX rendered incoming MQTT message payloads without escaping, so a malicious HTML/JavaScript payload published to a subscribed topic executed in the message viewer, risking exposure of MQTT connection credentials in untrusted or multi-tenant broker environments. Fixed in 1.12.1.
Oct 16, 2025
Competitions & recognition
- Platform Rank
Hack The Box Season 11 · Hack The Box
Finished the competitive season ranked 1960 of 12396 in the Platinum tier (8/13 root flags, 10/13 user flags).
- Award
Hack The Box Bug Killer Badge · Hack The Box
Awarded for reporting and helping resolve bugs on the HTB platform. Awarded 155 times platform wide, held by about 0.01% of users.
- CTF
DeepSec IDSC 2024 Onsite CTF · DeepSec IDSC 2024 · Vienna
Onsite CTF built around a Vulnerable IoT House: three floors of smart-device challenges spanning web security to hardware hacking, organized by Viris. Placed 2nd with my team and won a Flipper Zero.
