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NerdStickers - Security Audit (Pentesting)

Cybersecurity
OWASP
Penetration Testing
Python

Conducted comprehensive penetration testing for an e-commerce platform, discovering and remediating critical vulnerabilities that prevented significant financial losses.

Security assessment dashboard showing vulnerability scan results

Project Overview

Conducted a blackbox security assessment for NerdStickers’ e-commerce platform, focusing on identifying and ranking critical vulnerabilities found during the pentest. Delivered a report with remediation plans and security improvement recommendations.

Technical Implementation

  • Developed a Python-based port scanner for network exploration
  • Utilized industry-standard security tools:
    • Burp Suite for web application testing
    • Metasploit for exploitation frameworks
    • Wireshark for network analysis
  • Documented the security findings, following OWASP guidelines

Key Findings

Identified critical vulnerabilities:

  • 2 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in deprecated WordPress version
  • 1 Spam Bombing vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization
  • 1 SSH Brute-Force vulnerability through exposed legacy DNS records

Impact & Results

  • Prevented potential five-figure financial losses
  • Provided remediation plans for all vulnerabilities found

Technical Stack

  • Security Tools:
    • Burp Suite
    • Metasploit
    • Wireshark
    • Custom Python tools
  • Testing Frameworks:
    • OWASP Testing Guide
    • Custom testing scripts