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Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection Detection

ID: wordpress-better-wp-security

Severity: info

Author: ricardomaia

Tags: tech,wordpress,wp-plugin,top-100,top-200

id: wordpress-better-wp-security
info:
name: Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection Detection
author: ricardomaia
severity: info
reference:
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
metadata:
plugin_namespace: better-wp-security
wpscan: https://wpscan.com/plugin/better-wp-security
tags: tech,wordpress,wp-plugin,top-100,top-200
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/readme.txt"
payloads:
last_version: helpers/wordpress/plugins/better-wp-security.txt
extractors:
- type: regex
part: body
internal: true
name: internal_detected_version
group: 1
regex:
- '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'
- type: regex
part: body
name: detected_version
group: 1
regex:
- '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'
matchers-condition: or
matchers:
- type: dsl
name: "outdated_version"
dsl:
- compare_versions(internal_detected_version, concat("< ", last_version))
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- '(?i)Stable.tag:\s?([\w.]+)'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100d590c895a7a48e2d74b852213526606bb3be3ece820a2456a08378c604881c610221009a3124afec6bdfca6bdef2248b69f4c3bce5cd8ff98240aed82b62f7dda7f702:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/technologies/wordpress/plugins/better-wp-security.yaml"

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