Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth

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    "slug": "jetpack",
    "new_contributors": [
        "jennywp"
    ],
    "active_installs": 3000000
}

{
    "slug": "jetpack",
    "committer_slug": "veryhappytiger",
    "committer_display_name": "veryhappytiger (a11n)",
    "committer_employer": null,
    "committer_member_since": "2025-01-15",
    "committer_first_commit": "2025-11-11 00:53:25",
    "committer_commit_count": 16,
    "plugin_listed_author": "automattic",
    "earliest_plugin_commit": "2024-08-06 16:30:06",
    "plugin_age_at_join_days": 461,
    "committer_age_at_join_days": 300,
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}

{
    "slug": "jetpack",
    "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "15.7.1",
    "hit_count": 2,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "jetpack_vendor/automattic/jetpack-waf/src/class-waf-stats.php",
        "line": 151,
        "snippet": "L137: $body = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );  \u2192  L151: return maybe_unserialize( get_option( 'jetpack_protect_global_stats' ) );"
    },
    "explanation": "a remote HTTP fetch (`wp_remote_*`/`curl_exec`) is followed by `unserialize`/`maybe_unserialize` within the same file \u2014 classic PHP Object Injection C2 gadget used by EP and most WP supply-chain backdoors. Legit plugins essentially never do this."
}

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    "slug": "jetpack",
    "previous_version": "15.7.1",
    "current_version": "15.7.1",
    "new_findings": [
        {
            "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
            "kind": "builtin",
            "file": "jetpack_vendor/automattic/jetpack-waf/src/class-waf-stats.php",
            "line": 151,
            "snippet": "L137: $body = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );  \u2192  L151: return maybe_unserialize( get_option( 'jetpack_protect_global_stats' ) );",
            "confidence": "high"
        },
        {
            "pattern": "unserialize_after_remote_call",
            "kind": "builtin",
            "file": "json-endpoints/jetpack/class.jetpack-json-api-themes-install-endpoint.php",
            "line": 170,
            "snippet": "L169: $response   = wp_remote_post( $url, $args );  \u2192  L170: $theme_data = unserialize( $response['body'] ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.Discourag",
            "confidence": "high"
        }
    ],
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}