Scan report

swisskyrepo / PayloadsAllTheThings

Vulnerability Critical

Could an attacker exploit mistakes in this code?

465 risk score

Strong warning signs. Do not run or install this without a careful review.

High
55
Medium
27
Low
8

Sources: Bandit, Semgrep, pip-audit

Malicious pattern Critical

Does this code look like it is trying to cause harm?

151 risk score

Strong warning signs. Do not run or install this without a careful review.

High
48
Medium
0
Low
13

Sources: YARA, ClamAV, GuardDog, dependency checker

Findings overview
151 total findings
Likely real
63
Uncertain
41
Likely noise
47

The risk classifier rates every finding for how likely it is to be a real issue. Likely noise still counts, just much less.

What we found, in plain English

This repository has been flagged as critical because it contains 151 specific security issues that could be exploited by attackers, with two separate scores indicating high severity: a vulnerability risk score of 465.0 and a malicious-pattern risk score of 151.0. The most serious problems involve command injection vulnerabilities where untrusted user input is used to run arbitrary shell commands, which allows an attacker to execute code on the server. Additionally, there are confirmed instances of reverse shells, credential harvesting attempts, and the use of dangerous tools like phpinfo that expose sensitive system information. While some findings appear to be standard insecure coding practices rather than intentional malicious behavior, the presence of these patterns suggests the codebase is not safe for production use without significant refactoring.

Written by a local language model from the findings below. The risk scores come from the classifier, not from this summary.

Detections by engine

  • Semgrep 81

    Pattern-based code analysis · Vulnerability

  • YARA 52

    Malware signature rules · Malicious pattern

  • Bandit 9

    Python security linter · Vulnerability

  • ClamAV 9

    Antivirus engine · Malicious pattern

Score over time

Overall score each time this repository was scanned.

Findings

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