Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-3E4B6C31

7/9/2026, 9:15:05 AM

burp-suite-web-application-testing security assessment v5

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
burp-suite-web-application-testing
Version
v5
Maintainer
sickn33
Coverage
1 Files scanned · 381 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

High

2 confirmed security findings require attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

This report may not describe the currently installable artifact. Open the current Skill page for install guidance.

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This report does not block or authorize the manifest or ZIP.

The static command, network, and filesystem hits are Markdown examples or Burp local proxy references, not executable code in the skill. The remaining concern is semantic: the skill provides dual-use exploitation and credential attack workflows that require stronger authorization and lab-only framing.

Report position

Historical report

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Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

1 Files scanned · 381 Lines analyzed

2 items shown for review

Limitations

This report does not claim runtime or sandbox execution and does not prove the absence of side effects.

Evidence chain

Follow the evidence from source binding to the install contract. Available evidence supports verification; it is not a safety guarantee.

  1. Source

    Binding unavailable

  2. Artifact

    Identity incomplete

  3. Audit

    Complete

  4. Install contract

    Open manifest to verify

    Open manifest

Capabilities observed

Observed means this report recorded supporting evidence. Not recorded does not prove that a capability is absent.

Contains scripts

May execute code included with the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 3 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 2 evidence locations

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Not recorded by this audit

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 22 evidence locations

Risk findings

Confirmed security concerns are separated from items that still need review.

Confirmed security concerns (2)

RISK-001 High
Dual-Use Exploitation Workflows
The skill teaches exploitation workflows, proof-of-concept exploits, and checkout after price manipulation. This is valid for authorized testing but risky outside approved scope.
The cited lines explicitly frame the workflow as exploitation and show a completed price-manipulation scenario. Guardrails exist later, so the concern is dual-use rather than clear malicious intent.
RISK-002 High
Credential Attack Automation Guidance
The Intruder section includes credential testing, full brute force wording, and username and password payload sets. This can support password attacks without strict limits.
The skill directly names credential testing and full brute force, then provides sample credential payload sets. It also includes authorization guardrails, which lowers confidence from critical.

Remediation

Suggested fixes recorded by this audit. Applying them is the maintainer’s responsibility.

  1. FIX-001
    High
    Dual-use exploit examples
    Add a permission checklist and frame exploit walkthroughs as authorized lab or staging tests only.
  2. FIX-002
    High
    Credential attack guidance
    Replace brute-force examples with controlled test-account validation and explicit lockout-safe limits.
  3. FIX-003
    Medium
    Sensitive payload examples
    Use harmless sentinel values where possible and mark sensitive file and command payloads as lab-only.
  4. FIX-004
    Medium
    Scope enforcement
    Require written authorization, target scope, rate limits, and escalation contacts before scans or Intruder use.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
Unavailable
Content hash
Unavailable
Tree hash
Unavailable
Skill path
Unavailable
Audit payload hash
Unavailable

Analysis metadata

Audit model: codex

Analysis state: Complete

Scope is limited to the recorded files, lines, methods, and evidence. No runtime or sandbox execution is claimed.

Verify and export

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: not_attestable