Michael Kapfer

Michael Kapfer is a security researcher credited with 3 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec WordPress vulnerability database, ranked #1,027 of 3,515 contributors. The disclosure was published in 2015.

Their research concentrates on Cross-Site Scripting, which accounts for 1 of their findings (33%). Other recurring categories include Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, Unrestricted Upload Of File With Dangerous Type. The average CVSS score across these disclosures is 8.2, peaking at 9.8. Severity breakdown: 1 critical and 2 high.

The most affected software includes Frontend File Manager Plugin (1), NewStatPress (1), Simple Ads Manager (1), across 3 distinct plugins, themes and core versions in total.

All 3 disclosed issues have since received a vendor fix. The most severe finding, "Frontend File Manager <= 3.7 - Arbitrary File Upload", scores 9.8 out of 10.

2015

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Global Rank

#1027

of 3,515 researchers

Vulns

Critical1

High2

Medium0

Low0

Affected Assets

3plugins

Avg CVSS

8.2

Average score of vulnerabilities

Researcher Submissions

3 records


2015-07-02 00:00	Simple Ads Manager < 2.9.4.116 - Denial of Service Simple Ads Manager < 2.9.4.116	`N/A`	7.5 High	Michael Kapfer	Yes
2015-06-30 00:00	NewStatPress <= 1.0.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting NewStatPress <= 1.0.3	`CVE-2015-9314`	7.2 High	Michael Kapfer	Yes
2015-06-10 00:00	Frontend File Manager <= 3.7 - Arbitrary File Upload Frontend File Manager Plugin <= 3.7	`N/A`	9.8 Critical	Michael Kapfer	Yes

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