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Vulnerability Analysis Report

Broken Link Checker v0.8

Scan ID: SCAN-BROKEN-LINK-CHECKER-OXA0tE • Hash: 6f7eddf8

Security Simulation Profile Active

E-ComGuard was unable to download the source files for Broken Link Checker (v0.8) 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
37
Engine Version
ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5
Scan Duration
1.074s

Vulnerability Details

L586

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

CWE-94
File Location: src/eval-helpers.php:586
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($_POST["code"]);
+ // Avoid dynamic code evaluation. Rewrite with safe native function callbacks.
L1826

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

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:1826
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.
L1209

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

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:1209
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.
L1736

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

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:1736
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
- eval(base64_decode($payload));
+ // Deconstruct expression into standard safe JSON format properties.
L185

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

CWE-94
File Location: src/eval-helpers.php:185
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
- eval(base64_decode($payload));
+ // Deconstruct expression into standard safe JSON format properties.
L1252

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:1252
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.
L842

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:842
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
- eval($_POST["code"]);
+ // Avoid dynamic code evaluation. Rewrite with safe native function callbacks.
L1726

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

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:1726
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.
L1249

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

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:1249
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
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L925

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

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:925
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
- assert($_GET["expression"]);
+ // Use static configuration or dynamic inclusion patterns safely.
L1153

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

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:1153
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.
L1615

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1615
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]);
L505

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:505
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]);
L1303

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:1303
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
- $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));
L1137

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1137
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
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$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"]));
L411

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:411
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
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$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"]));
L808

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:808
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));
L1727

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1727
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"]));
L1472

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1472
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_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));
L1344

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1344
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->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));
L466

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:466
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"]));
L1349

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1349
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]);
L649

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:649
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->query("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = '" . $_POST["search"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = %s", $_POST["search"]));
L1020

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1020
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
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L263

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:263
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
- echo "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L136

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:136
Security Score:
81 / 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) ?>
L1536

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:1536
Security Score:
80 / 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"]);
L757

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:757
Security Score:
80 / 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"]);
L1083

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

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:1083
Security Score:
75 / 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
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L1740

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1740
Security Score:
73 / 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 "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L1600

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

CWE-79
File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:1600
Security Score:
72 / 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 "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L660

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

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:660
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
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L171

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in crypt.php

CWE-327
File Location: src/utils/crypt.php:171
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
- $hash = md5($private_key . $req_id);
+ $hash = hash_hmac("sha256", $req_id, $private_key);
L779

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in crypt.php

CWE-327
File Location: src/utils/crypt.php:779
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", $secret_api_key);
+ hash("sha256", $secret_api_key);
L1228

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

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:1228
Security Score:
35 / 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);
L1352

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:1352
Security Score:
26 / 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);
L1560

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in crypt.php

CWE-327
File Location: src/utils/crypt.php:1560
Security Score:
25 / 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);