Re: A question for the list - WordPress plugin inspections

[Seth Arnold <seth.arnold () canonical com>]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 06:40:51PM +0000, Harry Metcalfe wrote:
> 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...

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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