Plugin inspection:

GD bbPress Attachments

Potentially unsafe

Last revised:

Confidence: Medium
This plugin has been given a short, targeted code review.

Before using this plugin, you should very carefully consider its potential problems and should conduct a thorough assessment. Read more about this recommendation.

Warnings

This recommendation applies to version 2.1 of this plugin, but the most recent version is 2.3.1. These findings may no longer be correct.

Findings

  • Puts function parameters into SQL without escaping (code/attachments/public.php line 26, 29)
  • Output is not escaped correctly in the settings form, but it uses nonces
  • Vulnerable to reflected XSS
  • Vulnerable to LFI

Reason for the 'Potentially unsafe' result

The plugin contains or is likely to contain a vulnerability which could be exploited by an end user and which would compromise the site’s confidentiality, integrity or availability:

Failure criteria

  • Execution of unprepared SQL statements
  • Lack of proper output escaping

Read more about our failure criteria.