NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall

{
    "slug": "ninjafirewall",
    "pattern": "hardcoded_ip_url",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "4.8.5",
    "hit_count": 1,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "lib/help.php",
        "line": 250,
        "snippet": "<p><strong>' . __('Block HTTP requests with an IP in the <code>HTTP_HOST</code> header', 'ninjafirewall'). '</strong><br />' . sprintf( __('This option will reject any request using an IP instead of"
    },
    "explanation": "plugin source hardcodes a raw IPv4 URL (e.g. `https://94.156.79.8/...`) \u2014 legitimate plugins use DNS hostnames because IPs change. Hardcoded IPs in plugin code are almost always either dev leftovers or attacker C2 infrastructure. The June 2024 social-warfare keylogger (audit #14) used `https://94.156.79.8/sc-top.js` for the JS payload host, `/AddSites` for victim registration, `/CMSUsers` for filesystem-recon exfil. Operator infrastructure on raw IPs avoids domain registration / RDAP detection paths. Post-filtered to skip RFC1918/loopback/link-local ranges and `vendor/`/`tests/` paths."
}

{
    "slug": "ninjafirewall",
    "pattern": "serialized_admin_role",
    "kind": "builtin",
    "version": "4.8.5",
    "hit_count": 1,
    "first_hit": {
        "file": "lib/utils.php",
        "line": 1319,
        "snippet": "if ( strpos( $value, 's:13:\"administrator\"') === FALSE &&"
    },
    "explanation": "plugin source contains `s:13:\"administrator\"` \u2014 the PHP-serialized representation of the `administrator` role meta value. Used to bypass `wp_insert_user()` by writing directly to `wp_usermeta` with a hand-crafted capabilities string. Near-zero FP because legit code uses `WP_User::set_role()` instead of building the serialized form by hand."
}

{
    "slug": "ninjafirewall",
    "previous_version": "4.8.5",
    "current_version": "4.8.5",
    "new_findings": [
        {
            "pattern": "hardcoded_ip_url",
            "kind": "builtin",
            "file": "lib/help.php",
            "line": 250,
            "snippet": "<p><strong>' . __('Block HTTP requests with an IP in the <code>HTTP_HOST</code> header', 'ninjafirewall'). '</strong><br />' . sprintf( __('This option will reject any request using an IP instead of",
            "confidence": "high"
        },
        {
            "pattern": "serialized_admin_role",
            "kind": "builtin",
            "file": "lib/utils.php",
            "line": 1319,
            "snippet": "if ( strpos( $value, 's:13:\"administrator\"') === FALSE &&",
            "confidence": "high"
        }
    ],
    "new_finding_count": 2
}