full-disclosure - Re: A question for the list - WordPress plugin inspections

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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:01:38 +0000
From: Thomas MacKenzie <thomas@...cuk.co.uk>
To: Harry Metcalfe <harry@....com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: A question for the list - WordPress plugin
 inspections

It might be worth speaking with the WPScan team over at http://wpscan.org/

Maybe they can do the hard work for you?

Thanks,
Thomas

> Harry Metcalfe <mailto:harry@....com>
> 19 February 2014 20:58
> Hi Seth,
>
> There really isn't time for us to do that, in the context of an
> inspection. It's a very light-touch assessment.
>
> When we find vulnerabilities we do also report those, after working
> with the vendor. And they are more detailed. For example:
>
>  
> https://security.dxw.com/advisories/moving-any-file-php-user-has-access-to-in-bp-group-documents-1-2-1/
>
> Harry
>
> On 19/02/2014 19:27, Seth Arnold wrote:
>
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> Seth Arnold <mailto:seth.arnold@...onical.com>
> 19 February 2014 19:27
>
> That's a very nice summary view, but it'd be more useful in this medium
> if you included the lines of code that introduce the vulnerabilities.
>
> Most useful would be to coordinate with authors and MITRE for CVE numbers
> for the issues you find to ensure the issues aren't forgotten about or
> otherwise ignored.
>
> Thanks
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> Harry Metcalfe <mailto:harry@....com>
> 19 February 2014 18:40
> Hello list,
>
> We write and publish light-touch inspections of WordPress plugins that
> we do for our clients. They are just a guide - we conduct some basic
> checks, not a thorough review.
>
> Would plugins which fail this inspection be of general interest to the
> list and therefore worth posting, as we would a vulnerability?
>
> Here's an example report:
>
>   https://security.dxw.com/plugins/gd-star-rating-1-9-22/
>
> Grateful for a steer...
>
> Harry
>

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