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Vulnerability Analysis Report

W3 Total Cache v2.1.9

Scan ID: SCAN-W3-TOTAL-CACHE-rW8Kll • Hash: 68ff9c82

Security Simulation Profile Active

E-ComGuard was unable to download the source files for W3 Total Cache (v2.1.9) 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
28
Engine Version
ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5
Scan Duration
0.485s

Vulnerability Details

L412

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

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:412
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.
L578

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:578
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.
L1012

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

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:1012
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.
L204

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:204
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]);
L1012

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:1012
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"]));
L1849

Potential SQL Injection in export.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/export.php:1849
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"]));
L69

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:69
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
- $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $user . "'");
+ $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = ?", [$user]);
L1700

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1700
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"]));
L1158

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:1158
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));
L1428

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1428
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));
L428

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:428
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"]));
L1810

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

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:1810
Security Score:
86 / 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"]);
L155

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:155
Security Score:
86 / 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) ?>
L433

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

CWE-79
File Location: src/views/search-results.php:433
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) ?>
L1323

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

CWE-79
File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:1323
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
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1045

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:1045
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) ?>
L308

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:308
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));
L1176

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1176
Security Score:
78 / 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) ?>
L494

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:494
Security Score:
76 / 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) ?>
L457

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:457
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
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1628

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1628
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
- echo $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input
+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);
L312

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:312
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"]);
L1514

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1514
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
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1124

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:1124
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"]);
L1271

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

CWE-79
File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:1271
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
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1266

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

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:1266
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);
L1710

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:1710
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
- hash("md5", $secret_api_key);
+ hash("sha256", $secret_api_key);
L1382

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:1382
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", $secret_api_key);
+ hash("sha256", $secret_api_key);