---
id: 747
title: "Understanding Scope for Higher Payouts"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/understanding-scope-for-higher-payouts/"
published_at: "2024-06-11 19:34"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "scope", "hacking-tips", "safe-harbor", "rules"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/747"
lang: en
---

# Understanding Scope for Higher Payouts

## Summary

Explains what 'in scope' means in a program brief: anything not explicitly in scope is out of scope, and testing beyond it risks legal action, bans and no payout instead of higher rewards.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2024-06-11 19:34
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/understanding-scope-for-higher-payouts/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/747