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.

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Global Rank

#213

of 3,515 researchers

Vulns

25

Critical5
High13
Medium7
Low0
Affected Assets

23

19plugins4themes
Avg CVSS

7.8

Average score of vulnerabilities

Researcher Submissions

25 records
2025-02-03 00:00CVE-2024-12597
6.4
Medium
Sean MurphyYes
2025-01-14 00:00CVE-2024-11851
4.3
Medium
Sean MurphyYes
2025-01-14 00:00CVE-2024-11848
8.1
High
Sean MurphyYes
2024-12-12 00:00CVE-2024-10783
8.1
High
Sean MurphyYes
2024-11-15 00:00CVE-2024-10728
8.8
High
Sean MurphyYes
2024-11-08 00:00CVE-2024-10673
8.8
High
Sean MurphyYes
2024-11-08 00:00CVE-2024-10674
8.8
High
Sean MurphyYes
2024-10-24 00:00CVE-2024-9235
8.8
High
Sean MurphyYes
2024-10-10 00:00CVE-2024-9234
9.8
Critical
Sean MurphyYes
2024-10-10 00:00CVE-2024-9707
9.8
Critical
Sean MurphyYes
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