{"id":46,"date":"2025-05-21T06:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.blipscan.io\/?p=46"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:28:43","slug":"ottokit-vulnerability-found-using-blip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blipscan.io\/ottokit-vulnerability-found-using-blip\/","title":{"rendered":"How I discovered the Ottokit vulnerability using Blip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">On April 10, 2025 I reported a critical vulnerability I found in the Ottokit (formerly SureTriggers) plugin to Patchstack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With over 100,000 installs I knew it was bound to cause chaos for a lot of website owners if it wasn\u2019t patched immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">My name is Denver Jackson and I created the tool which found the Ottokit vulnerability. At the time I found it, Blip didn\u2019t even exist &#8211; it was just code I had written on my local computer at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Quite a lot has been written about the exploit online, including:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/articles\/critical-suretriggers-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-within-4-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patchstack.com\/articles\/critical-suretriggers-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-within-4-hours\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/database\/wordpress\/plugin\/suretriggers\/vulnerability\/wordpress-suretriggers-plugin-1-0-78-authorization-bypass-vulnerability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patchstack.com\/database\/wordpress\/plugin\/suretriggers\/vulnerability\/wordpress-suretriggers-plugin-1-0-78-authorization-bypass-vulnerability<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.wordfence.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/recently-disclosed-suretriggers-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-under-active-exploitation\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patchstack.com\/articles\/critical-suretriggers-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-within-4-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patchstack.com\/articles\/critical-suretriggers-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-within-4-hours\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/hackers-exploit-ottokit-wordpress-plugin-flaw-to-add-admin-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/hackers-exploit-ottokit-wordpress-plugin-flaw-to-add-admin-accounts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since finding this CV along with a few others (including some zero days) I have begun building a free version of the scanning tool I used to find the Ottokit CV as well as several others with a user interface so anyone can use it &#8211; free. 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