| name | attack-patterns-reference |
| description | Use when classifying a verified web or WordPress behavior and selecting a related validation skill. |
| version | 1.2.0 |
| license | MIT |
| platforms | ["linux"] |
| compatibility | N/A (reference catalog) |
| tags | ["meta","reference","patterns","validation"] |
| category | meta |
| related_skills | ["cors-credential-wordpress","cross-attack-chains","error-log-mining","js-secrets-extraction","phpinfo-to-rce","port-service-discovery","source-leak-hunt","staging-subdomain-hunt","wordpress-plugin-hunt","wp-mass-recon","xmlrpc-exploitation"] |
Attack Patterns Reference
This catalog maps observed web and WordPress behavior to the skill that owns
its validation. Pattern IDs are navigation labels. They do not establish
exploitability, severity, prevalence, or a confirmed attack path.
When to Use
- A recon result needs to be classified before focused testing.
- Several verified behaviors may form a candidate attack path.
- A WordPress, CORS, XML-RPC, source-leak, or exposed-service signal needs an
owning validation procedure.
Do not use the catalog as a scanner finding list or a substitute for the
verification section of the owning skill.
Prerequisites
- An authorized target and current scope constraints.
- Captured evidence for the observation being classified.
- The tools and identities required by the selected follow-up skill.
How to Run
- Match the observed behavior to the closest pattern.
- Open the owning skill listed in the table.
- Check its prerequisites and side effects.
- Run the smallest validation and negative control that can falsify the
hypothesis.
- Record the result as observed, inferred, confirmed, or not tested.
Procedure
General Web Patterns
| Pattern | Initial signal | Owning skill |
|---|
| WordPress user exposure | REST or author route returns user metadata | wp-mass-recon |
| Credentialed CORS | Untrusted origin reflected with credentials | cors-credential-wordpress |
| XML-RPC methods | Protocol-valid system.listMethods response | xmlrpc-exploitation |
| XML-RPC SSRF | pingback.ping reaches a controlled callback | xmlrpc-exploitation |
| Public registration | Registration is enabled | wp-mass-recon |
| Plugin surface | REST namespace, asset, or version marker | wordpress-plugin-hunt |
| Staging difference | Non-production host has weaker controls | staging-subdomain-hunt |
| Exposed error log |