This report presents the results of a comprehensive vulnerability assessment conducted against Court Crate's public-facing infrastructure (courtcrate.com). The assessment was performed on August 6, 2024, utilizing industry-standard tools including Nmap for network reconnaissance, Tenable Nessus Essentials for vulnerability scanning, and Selenium for browser-based verification. Manual validation was conducted using curl and browser developer tools.

The assessment identified moderate but correctable security risks. No critical flaws were discovered that would allow immediate exploitation or system compromise. However, the presence of missing security headers (anti-clickjacking and HSTS), WordPress user enumeration capabilities, and permissive HTTP method configurations present exploitable weaknesses that warrant prompt remediation.

The primary medium-severity finding is the lack of clickjacking protections (X-Frame-Options and Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors headers), which could allow attackers to overlay invisible iframes and trick users into unintended actions. The secondary medium finding is WordPress user enumeration via the ?author= parameter, exposing administrator usernames to potential brute-force attacks.

Implementation of the recommended configuration hardening measures will significantly strengthen the organization's security posture and align the system with OWASP Top 10 mitigations and CISA web-server baseline standards.

In Scope: Public-facing web host (courtcrate.com), externally reachable services, DNS resolution, TLS/SSL configuration, HTTP response headers, and WordPress application-level exposure.

Out of Scope: Internal network infrastructure, authenticated scanning, exploitation attempts, social engineering, physical security testing, and backend database systems.

• Identify and document all exposed network ports and running services
• Detect security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and missing security controls
• Verify TLS/SSL certificate validity and encryption strength
• Document HTTP response headers and identify missing security policies
• Provide prioritized, actionable remediation recommendations
• Establish baseline security metrics for ongoing compliance monitoring

Nmap was used to perform non-intrusive host discovery and service enumeration. Scans identified all accessible TCP ports, running services, and service version information. Multiple scan profiles were executed including SYN stealth scans, service version detection (-sV), and top-1000 port enumeration.

Tenable Nessus Essentials conducted comprehensive vulnerability scanning, identifying 26 distinct findings across multiple severity levels. The scanner performed banner grabbing, service fingerprinting, and configuration analysis to detect known vulnerabilities, missing patches, and security misconfigurations.

Automated browser testing via Selenium was performed to verify the presence or absence of security headers and to confirm UI elements that could be vulnerable to frame-overlay attacks. This testing simulated real-world user interactions with the web application.

Manual verification using curl command-line requests and browser Developer Tools confirmed TLS protocol versions, cipher suites, HTTP response headers, session cookie attributes, and server banner information.

Network reconnaissance identified the following open TCP ports and associated services on the target host:

Observation: The presence of open mail-related ports (SMTP, IMAP, POP3 and their encrypted variants) expands the attack surface and creates potential vectors for credential brute-forcing, relay abuse, and information gathering. The legacy FTP service (port 21) should be disabled in favor of SFTP/FTPS for secure file transfers.

Court Crate's web infrastructure presents moderate but fully correctable security risks. No critical or high-severity vulnerabilities were identified that would allow immediate system compromise. However, the two medium-severity findings—clickjacking and WordPress user enumeration—warrant prompt remediation to prevent exploitation.

• Deploy X-Frame-Options and CSP frame-ancestors headers
• Implement WordPress user enumeration blocking
• Enable HSTS and security headers
• Apply Secure/HttpOnly/SameSite cookie flags

• Disable legacy unencrypted protocols (FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP)
• Restrict HTTP methods to GET and POST only
• Deploy WordPress security hardening plugin with WAF/rate-limiting
• Force HTTPS redirects for all traffic

• Schedule quarterly Nessus authenticated scans
• Maintain monthly patch and security update cycles
• Implement security monitoring and incident response procedures
• Integrate security verification into change management processes

Conclusion: By implementing the recommended remediations, Court Crate can significantly enhance its security posture, align with industry best practices, and reduce exposure to common web-based attacks. Regular assessment and maintenance will ensure that improvements persist as the environment evolves.