Client: WSI Conecta (Costa Rica)
Engagement: Security Assessment & Vulnerability Remediation
Industry: Enterprise Distribution (Production Systems Security)
🛡️ Overview
WSI Conecta, a digital agency managing several endpoints for Capris, a major distribution company, engaged me to review and remediate security audit findings from a third-party security firm. The initial report contained many false positives and low-quality assessments, so my role was to:
1️⃣ Review & Validate Third-Party Vulnerability Findings
2️⃣ Perform My Own Security Assessment (Result: 30+ new CVEs found!)
3️⃣ Remediate All Issues & Ensure Compliance
🔍 Findings & Key Issues
1️⃣ Review of Third-Party Vulnerability Report
- Issue: The report was just an automated BurpSuite scan with minimal validation and numerous false positives (classic “scan-and-dump” security report).
- Action: I manually reviewed and tested findings, confirming inaccuracies and missing crucial vulnerabilities.
2️⃣ Independent Security Assessment
- Tools Used:
wpscan,OWASP ZAP,dirb,nikto - Findings:
- 30+ unpatched CVEs from outdated WordPress plugins/libraries (completely missed by the original team).
- Directory traversal exposure revealing internal site structure.
- Configuration weaknesses leading to information disclosure risks.
3️⃣ Vulnerability Remediation & Hardening
- Fixed vulnerable plugins manually and wrote custom WordPress plugins to blanket-fix multiple issues efficiently.
- Hardened configurations to prevent future exploitation of similar issues.
- Successfully passed the security audit, with the third-party team validating my remediations as effective.
📢 Outcome
✅ Eliminated 30+ critical vulnerabilities and improved overall security posture.
✅ Replaced ineffective third-party findings with a validated, actionable report.
✅ Built automation-friendly fixes, ensuring future security resilience.
✅ Secured Capris’ production systems while ensuring operational continuity.
