Checkmarx Security Research Team
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Exposing Corporate, Personal Data: RedAccess
Jeffrey Burt | | AI coding tools, AI security risks, Checkmarx Security Research Team, Data exposure, Data Leak Detection, RedAccess, Software Development, vibe coding tools
Cybersecurity startup RedAccess researchers found some 380,000 apps built with AI vibe coding tools from the likes of Lovable and Replit were publicly accessible on the open web and leaking sensitive corporate ...
Security Boulevard
Checkmarx Adds Vulnerability Correlation Engine to AppSec Portfolio
Michael Vizard | | Application Security, AppSec, Checkmarx Security Research Team, code scanning, static code analysis
At the RSAC 2022 conference, Checkmarx this week announced it has added a correlation engine to its application security portfolio that delivers the results of multiple static code and runtime scans in ...
Security Boulevard
CVE-2020-35774: twitter-server XSS Vulnerability Discovered
Dor Tumarkin | | Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, CVE-2020-35774, CxSCA, Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis, Technical Blog, XSS
According to its official documentation, “twitter-server” is a Twitter OSS project used to provide a template from which servers at Twitter are built. It provides common application components such as an administrative ...
Drupal Core: Behind the Vulnerability
Dor Tumarkin | | Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, CVE-2020-13669, Drupal security analysis, Self-XSS, Stored-XSS, Technical Blog, XSS
As you may recall, back in June, Checkmarx disclosed multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities impacting Drupal Core, listed as CVE-2020-13663, followed by a more technical breakdown of the findings in late November ...
Drupal Core: Behind the Vulnerability
Dor Tumarkin | | Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, CSRF, Drupal, Drupal security analysis, Reflected XSS, security vulnerability, Technical Blog
Earlier this year, the Checkmarx Security Research Team conducted an investigation of the new version of Drupal Core (Drupal 9) – a content management system (CMS) written in PHP – uncovering several ...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Week 1: Day in the Life, Security Researcher
Cam Martin | | AppSec, Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, ncsam, Software Security
Welcome to week one of Checkmarx’s ‘Day in the Life’ Q&A series for Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Aren’t familiar with what we have planned for October? More here! Have you ever wondered what ...
Privilege Escalation on Meetup.com Enabled Redirection of Payments
Erez Yalon | | Application Security Testing, Application Security Vulnerabilities, Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, CSRF, Exploitable Vulnerabilities, XSS
The Checkmarx Security Research Team recently audited the security of several high-profile websites, including Meetup.com. For those who are not familiar with Meetup.com, it allows users to create an event where people ...
Checkmarx Research: Smart Vacuum Security Flaws May Leave Users Exposed
Pedro Umbelino | | API security, Application Security Awareness, Application Security Vulnerabilities, Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, Technical Blog, vulnerable IoT objects
There is little doubt that today’s consumers have a tendency to choose convenience over security. When a shiny new gadget designed to make our lives easier finds its way to the consumer ...
Checkmarx Research: Apache Dubbo 2.7.3 – Unauthenticated RCE via Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-2019-17564)
Dor Tumarkin | | Apache Dubbo, Apache Software Foundation, Application Security Awareness, Application Security Vulnerabilities, Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Technical Blog
Executive Summary Having developed a high level of interest in serialization attacks in recent years, I’ve decided to put some effort into researching Apache Dubbo some months back. Dubbo, I’ve learned, deserializes ...
Checkmarx Research: SoundCloud API Security Advisory
Paulo Silva | | Application Security Awareness, Application Security Vulnerabilities, Blog, Checkmarx Security Research Team, mobile app security, OWASP Top 10 API, research, Technical Blog
Recently, the Checkmarx Security Research team investigated the online music platform SoundCloud. According to their website, “As the world’s largest music and audio platform, SoundCloud lets people discover and enjoy the greatest ...

