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Vulnerability Analysis Report

Wordfence Security Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security v5.3.11

Scan ID: SCAN-WORDFENCE-eJ6iha • Hash: c4c28b36

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Severity Score
Critical
Total Findings
28
Engine Version
ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5
Scan Duration
0.408s

Vulnerability Details

L1289

Dynamic Code Execution (eval) in autoload.php

CWE-94
File Location: bootstrap/autoload.php:1289
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.
L1466

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

CWE-94
File Location: wp-content/plugins/custom-eval.php:1466
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.
L352

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

CWE-94
File Location: lib/dynamic-eval.php:352
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.
L1125

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1125
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]);
L210

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:210
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));
L1349

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:1349
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));
L1041

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:1041
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));
L1191

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1191
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]);
L1193

Potential SQL Injection in comment.php

CWE-89
File Location: wp-admin/includes/comment.php:1193
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"]));
L166

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:166
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->query("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = '" . $_POST["search"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = %s", $_POST["search"]));
L1034

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1034
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->query("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = '" . $_POST["search"] . "'");
+ $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "logs WHERE search = %s", $_POST["search"]));
L1599

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1599
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]);
L1179

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1179
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
- $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT post_author FROM {$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"]));
L165

Potential SQL Injection in db-helper.php

CWE-89
File Location: src/db-helper.php:165
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));
L1364

Potential SQL Injection in user-query.php

CWE-89
File Location: models/user-query.php:1364
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"]));
L1809

Potential SQL Injection in class-logger-db.php

CWE-89
File Location: includes/class-logger-db.php:1809
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"]));
L890

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:890
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"]);
L1603

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

CWE-79
File Location: templates/header-menu.php:1603
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 $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input
+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);
L1226

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

CWE-79
File Location: wp-admin/async-upload.php:1226
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
- print($user_input);
+ print(esc_html($user_input));
L1429

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

CWE-79
File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:1429
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
- <?= $raw_banner_html ?>
+ <?= esc_html($raw_banner_html) ?>
L1722

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

CWE-79
File Location: views/alert.blade.php:1722
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) ?>
L56

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in crypt.php

CWE-327
File Location: src/utils/crypt.php:56
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", $secret_api_key);
+ hash("sha256", $secret_api_key);
L39

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

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:39
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", $secret_api_key);
+ hash("sha256", $secret_api_key);
L212

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:212
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);
L673

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

CWE-327
File Location: wp-includes/user-auth.php:673
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);
L1333

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) in crypt.php

CWE-327
File Location: src/utils/crypt.php:1333
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
- $password_hash = md5($raw_pwd);
+ $password_hash = password_hash($raw_pwd, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
L638

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:638
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
- $password_hash = md5($raw_pwd);
+ $password_hash = password_hash($raw_pwd, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
L929

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

CWE-327
File Location: helpers/token-generator.php:929
Security Score:
28 / 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);