{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3193502068","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/sera51205.2021.9509274","title":"Plugins to Detect Vulnerable Plugins: An Empirical Assessment of the Security Scanner Plugins for WordPress","display_name":"Plugins to Detect Vulnerable Plugins: An Empirical Assessment of the Security Scanner Plugins for WordPress","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-06-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3193502068","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/sera51205.2021.9509274","mag":"3193502068"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/sera51205.2021.9509274","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/sera51205.2021.9509274","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 IEEE/ACIS 19th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046677800","display_name":"Daniel T. Murphy","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192396691","display_name":"University of New Orleans","ror":"https://ror.org/034mtvk83","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192396691","https://openalex.org/I2799628689"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Daniel T. Murphy","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of New Orleans, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of New Orleans, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192396691"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087091309","display_name":"Minhaz F. Zibran","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5353-5030"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106969075","display_name":"Idaho State University","ror":"https://ror.org/0162z8b04","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106969075"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Minhaz F. Zibran","raw_affiliation_strings":["Idaho State University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Idaho State University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106969075"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091567623","display_name":"Farjana Z. Eishita","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7731-9564"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106969075","display_name":"Idaho State University","ror":"https://ror.org/0162z8b04","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106969075"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Farjana Z. Eishita","raw_affiliation_strings":["Idaho State University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Idaho State University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106969075"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5046677800"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192396691"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.2314,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.79335793,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"39","last_page":"44"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12479","display_name":"Web Application Security Vulnerabilities","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11644","display_name":"Spam and Phishing Detection","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plug-in","display_name":"Plug-in","score":0.9810916185379028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6047326922416687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.5518492460250854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/content-management-system","display_name":"Content management system","score":0.4657764136791229},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.34566956758499146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.24255028367042542}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4924752","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184148","display_name":"Plug-in","level":2,"score":0.9810916185379028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6047326922416687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.5518492460250854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987181025","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131093","display_name":"Content management system","level":2,"score":0.4657764136791229},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.34566956758499146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.24255028367042542}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/sera51205.2021.9509274","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/sera51205.2021.9509274","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 IEEE/ACIS 19th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1986436601","https://openalex.org/W2088498570","https://openalex.org/W2090924529","https://openalex.org/W2221551610","https://openalex.org/W2323558338","https://openalex.org/W2400516519","https://openalex.org/W2775630524","https://openalex.org/W2795178923","https://openalex.org/W2802962466","https://openalex.org/W2892237651","https://openalex.org/W2905224986","https://openalex.org/W3014469776","https://openalex.org/W3103238649","https://openalex.org/W3120741778","https://openalex.org/W3195968964","https://openalex.org/W6800430228"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2904660609","https://openalex.org/W2545422590","https://openalex.org/W2981406557","https://openalex.org/W4253473647","https://openalex.org/W2947368184","https://openalex.org/W2210545205","https://openalex.org/W4367593295","https://openalex.org/W2945115236","https://openalex.org/W2482611873"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"WordPress,":[0],"possibly":[1],"world's":[2],"the":[3,67,76,101],"most":[4,102],"popular":[5],"Content":[6],"Management":[7],"System":[8],"(CMS),":[9],"which":[10],"supports":[11],"around":[12],"455":[13],"million":[14],"websites":[15,48,56],"and":[16,99,120],"claims":[17],"60.3%":[18],"of":[19,42,69,78,84],"all":[20],"content":[21],"management":[22],"systems":[23],"in":[24,45,75,81],"use.":[25],"The":[26,88,110],"WordPress":[27,46,71],"core":[28],"is":[29,39],"known":[30,79],"to":[31,51,106],"be":[32],"relatively":[33],"secure,":[34],"but":[35],"its":[36],"plugin":[37],"ecosystem":[38],"not.":[40],"92%":[41],"vulnerabilities":[43,80],"found":[44],"powered":[47],"are":[49,90,112],"attributed":[50],"third-party":[52],"plugins":[53,74,96,104],"that":[54],"those":[55],"depend":[57],"on.This":[58],"paper":[59],"presents":[60],"an":[61],"empirical":[62],"study,":[63],"where":[64],"we":[65],"examine":[66],"efficacy":[68],"11":[70],"security":[72,94],"scanner":[73,95],"detection":[77],"another":[82],"set":[83],"51":[85],"insecure":[86],"plugins.":[87],"results":[89],"mixed,":[91],"with":[92],"some":[93],"failing":[97,105],"entirely":[98],"even":[100],"effective":[103],"identify":[107],"significant":[108],"vulnerabilities.":[109],"findings":[111],"derived":[113],"based":[114],"on":[115],"both":[116],"a":[117,121],"quantitative":[118],"analysis":[119],"deeper":[122],"qualitative":[123],"analysis.":[124]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-28T06:11:35.319607","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}