Vulnerability Analysis Report

WordPress Core v3.8.40

Scan ID: SCAN-WORDPRESS-CORE-EtCT6e • Hash: 0bb4aec1

Security Simulation Profile Active

E-ComGuard was unable to download the source files for WordPress Core (v3.8.40) 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

Medium

Total Findings

Engine Version

ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5

Scan Duration

0.439s

Vulnerability Details

L307

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in admin views

CWE-79

File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:307

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

- echo $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input

+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);

L275

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) used for request token validation

CWE-327

File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:275

Security Score:

31 / 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);