PSSA: A Precise Static Analysis Framework for Detecting Vulnerabilities in CMS Plugins
inforesearchPeer-Reviewed
security
Source: IEEE Xplore (Security & AI Journals)July 13, 2026
Summary
This research presents PSSA, a tool designed to find security vulnerabilities (weaknesses that attackers can exploit) in plugins for content management systems (CMS, software platforms like WordPress that help people build websites quickly). The tool works better than existing methods because it understands how CMS plugins are structured differently from regular web applications, and the researchers found 178 new vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugins, including serious ones in plugins used by millions of people.
Classification
Attack SophisticationModerate
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Original source: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11603409
First tracked: September 26, 2026 at 02:01 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%