Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy is a security researcher credited with 25 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec WordPress vulnerability database, ranked #213 of 3,515 contributors. Their disclosures were published between 2016 and 2025. The most productive year was 2024, with 16 findings.
Their research concentrates on Missing Authorization, which accounts for 13 of their findings (52%). Other recurring categories include Code Injection, Cross-Site Scripting. The average CVSS score across these disclosures is 7.8, peaking at 9.8. Severity breakdown: 5 critical and 13 high.
The most affected software includes LightStart (2), NitroPack (2), Ad Inserter (1), across 23 distinct plugins, themes and core versions in total.
24 of the 25 disclosed issues have a vendor fix, while 1 remain unpatched. The most severe finding, "GutenKit <= 2.1.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload", scores 9.8 out of 10.
#213
of 3,515 researchers
25
23
7.8
Average score of vulnerabilities
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