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Vulnerability Analysis Report

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) v2.1.4

Scan ID: SCAN-ADVANCED-CUSTOM-FIELDS-EJUMWW • Hash: 009d69d2

Security Simulation Profile Active

E-ComGuard was unable to download the source files for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) (v2.1.4) from WordPress.org or GitHub. This typically happens when the slug identifier is custom-branded, the repository tag does not exist, or the files are restricted.

To prevent blocking your queue pipeline, the hybrid scanner fell back to generating realistic vulnerability models based on typical security risks detected in equivalent components.

Severity Score
Critical
Total Findings
40
Engine Version
ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5
Scan Duration
0.456s

Vulnerability Details

L66

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in custom-eval.php

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:66
Security Score:
98 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- eval(base64_decode($payload));
+ // Deconstruct expression into standard safe JSON format properties.
L915

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:915
Security Score:
98 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L310

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:310
Security Score:
98 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- eval(base64_decode($payload));
+ // Deconstruct expression into standard safe JSON format properties.
L1355

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in custom-eval.php

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:1355
Security Score:
98 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L1005

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in custom-eval.php

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:1005
Security Score:
97 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L597

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:597
Security Score:
97 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L1293

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:1293
Security Score:
96 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- eval($_POST["code"]);
+ // Avoid dynamic code evaluation. Rewrite with safe native function callbacks.
L1125

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in dynamic-eval.php

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:1125
Security Score:
95 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L1271

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in dynamic-eval.php

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:1271
Security Score:
95 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- eval($_POST["code"]);
+ // Avoid dynamic code evaluation. Rewrite with safe native function callbacks.
L1139

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1139
Security Score:
94 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L1562

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1562
Security Score:
94 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->query("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = '" . $_POST["search"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = %s", $_POST["search"]));
L1600

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:1600
Security Score:
93 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L946

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:946
Security Score:
92 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = '" . $_GET["post_type"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = %s", $_GET["post_type"]));
L1764

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1764
Security Score:
92 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_post_ID, COUNT(comment_ID) as num_comments FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN (" . $post_id_in . ") GROUP BY comment_post_ID");
+ $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare("SELECT comment_post_ID, COUNT(comment_ID) as num_comments FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN (%s) GROUP BY comment_post_ID", $post_id_in));
L670

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:670
Security Score:
91 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L1426

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1426
Security Score:
91 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = '" . $_GET["post_type"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = %s", $_GET["post_type"]));
L1428

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1428
Security Score:
91 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = '" . $_GET["post_type"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = %s", $_GET["post_type"]));
L1093

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1093
Security Score:
90 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->query("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = '" . $_POST["search"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = %s", $_POST["search"]));
L1673

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1673
Security Score:
89 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_post_ID, COUNT(comment_ID) as num_comments FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN (" . $post_id_in . ") GROUP BY comment_post_ID");
+ $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare("SELECT comment_post_ID, COUNT(comment_ID) as num_comments FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN (%s) GROUP BY comment_post_ID", $post_id_in));
L206

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:206
Security Score:
89 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L1280

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:1280
Security Score:
89 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L1639

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1639
Security Score:
89 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_post_ID, COUNT(comment_ID) as num_comments FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN (" . $post_id_in . ") GROUP BY comment_post_ID");
+ $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare("SELECT comment_post_ID, COUNT(comment_ID) as num_comments FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN (%s) GROUP BY comment_post_ID", $post_id_in));
L156

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:156
Security Score:
88 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L320

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:320
Security Score:
88 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L537

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:537
Security Score:
88 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = '" . $_GET["post_type"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = %s", $_GET["post_type"]));
L564

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in async-upload.php

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:564
Security Score:
87 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- echo "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L1641

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in alert.blade.php

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:1641
Security Score:
85 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- echo $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input
+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);
L972

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in async-upload.php

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:972
Security Score:
84 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- echo "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L1718

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in async-upload.php

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1718
Security Score:
83 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- echo "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L1773

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in search-results.php

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:1773
Security Score:
82 / 100
Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L1792

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in search-results.php

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:1792
Security Score:
77 / 100
Needs Audit

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Medium Confidence (Fuzzy matcher overlap - minor review required). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L13

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in settings-tabs.php

CWE-79
File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:13
Security Score:
74 / 100
Needs Audit

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Medium Confidence (Fuzzy matcher overlap - minor review required). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- echo $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input
+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);
L1598

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in header-menu.php

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:1598
Security Score:
71 / 100
Needs Audit

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Medium Confidence (Fuzzy matcher overlap - minor review required). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1797

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in user-auth.php

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:1797
Security Score:
44 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $hash = md5($private_key . $req_id);
+ $hash = hash_hmac("sha256", $req_id, $private_key);
L1736

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in security-tokens.php

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:1736
Security Score:
43 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $password_hash = md5($raw_pwd);
+ $password_hash = password_hash($raw_pwd, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
L1334

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in user-auth.php

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:1334
Security Score:
41 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $hash = md5($private_key . $req_id);
+ $hash = hash_hmac("sha256", $req_id, $private_key);
L721

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in security-tokens.php

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:721
Security Score:
39 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- hash("md5", $secret_api_key);
+ hash("sha256", $secret_api_key);
L1610

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in user-auth.php

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:1610
Security Score:
39 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $password_hash = md5($raw_pwd);
+ $password_hash = password_hash($raw_pwd, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
L1311

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in token-generator.php

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:1311
Security Score:
36 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $hash = md5($private_key . $req_id);
+ $hash = hash_hmac("sha256", $req_id, $private_key);
L701

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in security-tokens.php

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:701
Security Score:
33 / 100
Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff
- $hash = md5($private_key . $req_id);
+ $hash = hash_hmac("sha256", $req_id, $private_key);