[Walkthrough] Discovering Vulnerabilities in top 1000 WordPress Plugins
Original article here: https://blog.wpsec.com/discovering-vu..., author: Luke (@hakluke) Stephens
In this comprehensive step-by-step video tutorial, we explore the process of uncovering vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins at scale. This method is particularly important considering that WordPress powers a significant percentage of the internet's websites.
We'll embark on a practical demonstration of how to download and analyze the top 1,000 most popular WordPress plugins. We'll use bash scripting to automate the process, from downloading the plugins to unzipping and organizing them for analysis.
Next, we shift to the process of sifting through the plugin code for vulnerabilities. To speed up the process, we'll make use of Linux utilities and regular expressions to identify potential issues. The tutorial includes a detailed guide on how to utilize grep but also gf (by tomnomnom) to find vulnerabilities.
By the end of this video, you will have a clear understanding of how to uncover vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins at scale. Note that we strongly encourage ethical practices; always report any vulnerabilities you discover to the plugin authors to help maintain a more secure internet.
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