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Baseline profile

OWASP Top 10 Checks for Magento

Magebean maps Magento security findings to common OWASP Top 10 risk areas, helping developers and agencies identify application-layer weaknesses before they become production issues.

These checks focus on practical Magento risks such as broken access control, injection patterns, insecure configuration, vulnerable components, unsafe file handling, exposed APIs, and logging gaps.

What this profile checks

Magebean reviews Magento code, configuration, modules, and dependencies for security signals related to OWASP Top 10 categories.

Access control

Magebean looks for weak authorization patterns in custom controllers, APIs, GraphQL resolvers, admin actions, download endpoints, and export flows.

Examples:

A01 Broken Access Control
- Missing ACL checks
- Customer ownership not verified
- Exposed admin-only functionality
- Insecure file download or export endpoints

Injection risks

Magebean checks for unsafe coding patterns that may lead to SQL injection, command injection, XSS, path traversal, or unsafe dynamic execution.

Examples:

A03 Injection
- Raw SQL with user input
- Missing template escaping
- Unsafe JavaScript context output
- Command execution with dynamic input
- Unsafe eval or dynamic code usage

Insecure design and misconfiguration

Magebean reviews production configuration, admin exposure, permissions, HTTPS enforcement, security headers, and debug settings.

Examples:

A05 Security Misconfiguration
- Developer mode in production
- Display errors enabled
- Directory listing enabled
- Public admin route exposure
- Missing security headers
- Writable code directories

Vulnerable and outdated components

Magebean checks Composer dependencies, Magento modules, and third-party packages for vulnerability and maintenance risks.

Examples:

A06 Vulnerable and Outdated Components
- Known CVEs
- Abandoned Composer packages
- Outdated extensions
- Unsupported modules
- Dependency constraints blocking fixes

Logging and monitoring gaps

Magebean checks whether logs are protected, sanitized, rotated, and free from sensitive data.

Examples:

A09 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures
- Publicly accessible logs
- Sensitive data in logs
- Missing log rotation
- Unsafe exception exposure

Sample command

./magebean.phar scan --path=/var/www/magento --profile=owasp

# Or from the project root
./magebean.phar scan --path=. --profile=owasp

Example output

Magebean Security Scan
Profile: OWASP Top 10
Target: /var/www/magento

Findings:
  [HIGH] MB-R013 Template output escaping issue detected
  [HIGH] MB-R094 Authorization checks missing on custom controller
  [MEDIUM] MB-R096 Security headers baseline not fully enforced
  [CRITICAL] MB-R068 Composer audit detected vulnerable dependency

How to use the result

OWASP findings should be used as an application security review checklist.

  1. Review Critical and High findings first.
  2. Confirm whether the finding affects production code.
  3. Assign fixes to the responsible developer or maintainer.
  4. Re-run the scan after remediation.
  5. Keep the report as release or maintenance evidence.

Good fit for

  • Magento agencies reviewing custom work
  • Developers preparing for release
  • Technical leads reviewing application security
  • Merchants asking whether their store has common AppSec risks
  • Maintenance teams running weekly security checks

Keep Magento application risks visible

OWASP risks are not one-time problems. They can appear when code changes, modules are added, dependencies drift, or production settings are modified.

Magebean helps make these risks visible through repeatable checks that can be run during development, release, or weekly maintenance.