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Vulnerability Analysis Report

Gutenberg v18.4.1

Scan ID: SCAN-GUTENBERG-VzvvbB • Hash: 9220e1b5

Security Simulation Profile Active

E-ComGuard was unable to download the source files for Gutenberg (v18.4.1) 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
25
Engine Version
ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5
Scan Duration
0.444s

Vulnerability Details

L475

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

CWE-94
File Location: src/eval-helpers.php:475
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(base64_decode($payload));
+ // Deconstruct expression into standard safe JSON format properties.
L961

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

CWE-94
File Location: src/eval-helpers.php:961
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.
L888

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

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:888
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.
L210

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:210
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.
L419

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:419
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->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));
L1211

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1211
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"]));
L1236

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1236
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->query("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = '" . $_POST["search"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = %s", $_POST["search"]));
L921

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:921
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));
L53

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:53
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
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$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"]));
L1429

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1429
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]);
L373

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:373
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_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));
L1352

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:1352
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 $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input
+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);
L995

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:995
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
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L1630

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

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:1630
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
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1625

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1625
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
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L1389

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:1389
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));
L1070

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:1070
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 "<a href='" . $_REQUEST["redirect"] . "'>Click here</a>";
+ echo esc_url($_REQUEST["redirect"]);
L925

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:925
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
- echo $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input
+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);
L1457

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:1457
Security Score:
70 / 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"]);
L966

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

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:966
Security Score:
45 / 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);
L139

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

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:139
Security Score:
42 / 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);
L392

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:392
Security Score:
38 / 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);
L405

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

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:405
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
- $password_hash = md5($raw_pwd);
+ $password_hash = password_hash($raw_pwd, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
L390

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

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:390
Security Score:
29 / 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);
L692

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

CWE-327
File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:692
Security Score:
27 / 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);