OWASP Juice Shop: Probably the most modern and sophisticated insecure web application
This report summarizes scanner evidence for juice-shop/juice-shop, a TypeScript project with 14,315 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 196,376 lines of code across 1099 source files, recording 206 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.4 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.
Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.
Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.
Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 61 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 145 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 44 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 206 finding(s).
This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.
Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.
This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.
The scanner identified 206 distinct pattern matches across 6 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | ftp/acquisitions.md | 9 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | ftp/acquisitions.md | 9 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | ftp/acquisitions.md | 12 | clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | ftp/acquisitions.md | 13 | amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | ftp/acquisitions.md | 13 | amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | ftp/acquisitions.md | 17 | ipsum dolor sit amet. | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/app.guard.spec.ts | 49 | name: 'John Doe', | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.ts | 107 | public selectedLanguage = 'placeholder' | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.ts | 113 | public shortKeyLang = 'placeholder' | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts | 588 | component.userEmail = 'foo@bar.com' | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/oauth/oauth.component.spec.ts | 89 | userService.oauthLogin.mockReturnValue(of({ email: 'test@test.com' })) | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/oauth/oauth.component.spec.ts | 91 | expect(userService.save).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ email: 'test@test.com', password: 'bW9jLnRzZXRAdHNldA==', passwo | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/oauth/oauth.component.spec.ts | 95 | userService.oauthLogin.mockReturnValue(of({ email: 'test@test.com' })) | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/oauth/oauth.component.spec.ts | 98 | expect(userService.login).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ email: 'test@test.com', password: 'bW9jLnRzZXRAdHNldA==', oauth | CODE |
| LOW | …onents/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.spec.ts | 20 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …l-mode-warning/tutorial-mode-warning.component.spec.ts | 20 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …l-mode-warning/tutorial-mode-warning.component.spec.ts | 64 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rning/challenges-unavailable-warning.component.spec.ts | 17 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rning/challenges-unavailable-warning.component.spec.ts | 26 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rning/challenges-unavailable-warning.component.spec.ts | 59 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rning/challenges-unavailable-warning.component.spec.ts | 76 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rning/challenges-unavailable-warning.component.spec.ts | 85 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rc/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.spec.ts | 7 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rc/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.spec.ts | 8 | originalDescription: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rc/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.spec.ts | 24 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rc/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.spec.ts | 25 | originalDescription: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rc/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.spec.ts | 41 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …rc/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.spec.ts | 42 | originalDescription: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-sorting.spec.ts | 6 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-sorting.spec.ts | 7 | originalDescription: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-sorting.spec.ts | 23 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-sorting.spec.ts | 24 | originalDescription: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-sorting.spec.ts | 40 | description: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | …/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-sorting.spec.ts | 41 | originalDescription: 'lorem ipsum', | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/recycle/recycle.component.html | 67 | <small>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/recycle/recycle.component.html | 67 | <small>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/recycle/recycle.component.html | 79 | <small>Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/app/recycle/recycle.component.html | 79 | <small>Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 16 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 16 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 18 | clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 18 | clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 21 | takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 21 | takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 26 | delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 26 | delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 32 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 32 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 34 | dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 34 | dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/about/about.component.html | 35 | ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, At accusam aliquyam diam diam dolore dolores duo eirmod eos | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 28 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet <strong><i class='fab fa-bitcoin'></i> {{altcoinName}}</strong>, consetetur sadipsc | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 28 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet <strong><i class='fab fa-bitcoin'></i> {{altcoinName}}</strong>, consetetur sadipsc | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 32 | Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu f | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 32 | Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu f | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 40 | Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer p | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 40 | Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer p | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 48 | At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus es | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 48 | At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus es | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | frontend/src/app/token-sale/token-sale.component.html | 62 | Stet clita kasd gubergren, no <strong><i class='fab fa-bitcoin'></i> {{altcoinName}}</strong> sea takimata s | CODE |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/index.ts | 190 | export async function startHackingInstructorFor (challengeName: string): Promise<void> { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 65 | export function waitForInputToNotHaveValue (inputSelector: string, value: string, options = { ignoreCase: true }) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 82 | export function waitForInputToNotHaveValueAndNotBeEmpty (inputSelector: string, value: string, options = { ignoreCase: t | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 116 | export function waitForElementToGetClicked (elementSelector: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 131 | export function waitForElementsInnerHtmlToBe (elementSelector: string, value: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 159 | export function waitForAngularRouteToBeVisited (route: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 244 | export function waitForSelectToNotHaveValue (selectSelector: string, value: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/hacking-instructor/helpers/helpers.ts | 259 | export function waitForRightUriQueryParamPair (key: string, value: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | …strength-info/password-strength-info.component.spec.ts | 5 | function createPasswordComponentStub (overrides: Partial<any> = {}): any { | CODE |
| LOW | …er-settings/pipes/difficulty-selection-summary.pipe.ts | 27 | function breakDifficultiesIntoNeighboringGroups (difficulties: (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6)[]): DifficultyGroup[] { | CODE |
| LOW | …er-settings/pipes/difficulty-selection-summary.pipe.ts | 46 | function convertDifficultyGroupsToString (difficultyGroups: DifficultyGroup[]): string { | CODE |
| LOW | …end/src/app/score-board/helpers/challenge-filtering.ts | 100 | function getCompleteChallengeStatus ( | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 21805 | function materialNeedsSmoothNormals ( material ) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 21833 | function bufferGuessVertexColorType( material ) { | CODE |
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 24365 | function unrollImmediateBufferMaterial ( globject ) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/antiCheat.ts | 162 | function isLooselyCoupledToPreviouslySolved (challenge: Challenge) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/antiCheat.ts | 206 | export function checkForSourceFileOverlap (challengeKey: string, submission: string): boolean { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/utils.ts | 153 | export function getChallengeEnablementStatus (challenge: Challenge, | CODE |
| LOW | lib/codingChallenges.ts | 47 | function getCodeChallengesFromFile (file: FileMatch) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/codingChallenges.ts | 59 | export function getCodingChallengeFromFileContent (source: string, challengeKey: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | data/staticData.ts | 93 | export async function loadStaticSecurityQuestionsData (): Promise<StaticSecurityQuestions[]> { | CODE |
| LOW | data/datacreator.ts | 296 | function getGeneratedRandomFakeUserEmail () { | CODE |
| LOW | data/datacreator.ts | 473 | function customizeChangeProductChallenge (description: string, customUrl: string, customProduct: Product) { | CODE |
| LOW | data/datacache.ts | 34 | export function setRetrieveBlueprintChallengeFile (retrieveBlueprintChallengeFileArg: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | data/static/codefixes/xssBonusChallenge.info.yml | 7 | explanation: 'Using bypassSecurityTrustSoundCloud() instead of bypassSecurityTrustHtml() supposedly bypasses sanitiz | CODE |
| LOW | routes/login.ts | 68 | function verifyPostLoginChallenges (user: User) { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 144 | async function checkPatternInFeedbackAndComplaints ( | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 245 | function knownVulnerableComponentChallenge () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 252 | function knownVulnerableComponents () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 286 | function typosquattingNpmChallenge () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 293 | function typosquattingAngularChallenge () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 307 | function supplyChainAttackChallenge () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 321 | function dlpPastebinDataLeakChallenge () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 342 | function vulnerableDockerImageChallenge () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 363 | export function checkSystemPromptSimilarity (submission: string, reference: string, threshold = 0.25): boolean { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/verify.ts | 368 | async function systemPromptExtractionChallenge (): Promise<void> { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/resetPassword.ts | 57 | function verifySecurityAnswerChallenges (user: UserModel, answer: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/basketItems.ts | 58 | export function quantityCheckBeforeBasketItemAddition () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/basketItems.ts | 65 | export function quantityCheckBeforeBasketItemUpdate () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/order.ts | 190 | function calculateApplicableDiscount (basket: BasketModel, req: Request) { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/fileServer.ts | 39 | function verifySuccessfulPoisonNullByteExploit (file: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/fileServer.ts | 56 | function endsWithAllowlistedFileType (param: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/metrics.ts | 63 | export function observeRequestMetricsMiddleware () { | CODE |
| LOW | routes/metrics.ts | 73 | export function observeFileUploadMetricsMiddleware () { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | CONTRIBUTING.md | 19 | 6. Noise (e.g. unnecessary comments) generated by AI tools _must_ be removed before opening a PR. | CODE |
| HIGH | AGENTS.md | 101 | **Required** per CONTRIBUTING.md rule #6: Remove unnecessary AI-generated content before submitting PRs. | CODE |
| HIGH | .github/workflows/issue-compliance.yml | 162 | // A generic automated/AI-generated vulnerability report tends to (a) use several "field: value" | COMMENT |
| HIGH | .github/workflows/issue-compliance.yml | 226 | // 12. Generic AI-generated maintenance/bug report smell: formal audit-style structure and vague | COMMENT |
| HIGH | .github/workflows/issue-compliance.yml | 241 | // 13. Formulaic / bulk AI-generated challenge idea: lists several generic vulnerability buzzwords | COMMENT |
| HIGH | .github/workflows/issue-compliance.yml | 254 | // 14. Formulaic AI-generated vulnerability narrative: boilerplate framing ("introduce a ... | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | frontend/src/app/oauth/oauth.component.ts | 72 | const hash = this.route.snapshot.data.params.substr(1) | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 30161 | points.push( points[ 0 ] ); | COMMENT |
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 30501 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 31321 | // var c = []; | COMMENT |
| LOW | frontend/src/assets/private/OrbitControls.js | 1 | /** | COMMENT |
| LOW | …efixes/resetPasswordBjoernOwaspChallenge_2_correct.yml | 1 | # Provide password reset option via a one-time link with | COMMENT |
| LOW | …c/codefixes/resetPasswordBjoernChallenge_1_correct.yml | 1 | # Provide password reset option via a one-time link with | COMMENT |
| LOW | …c/codefixes/resetPasswordBenderChallenge_2_correct.yml | 1 | # Provide password reset option via a one-time link with | COMMENT |
| LOW | …c/codefixes/resetPasswordUvoginChallenge_3_correct.yml | 1 | # Provide password reset option via a one-time link with | COMMENT |
| LOW | …atic/codefixes/resetPasswordJimChallenge_3_correct.yml | 1 | # Provide password reset option via a one-time link with | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 3514 | // this is a more robust check for empty than ( volume <= 0 ) because volume can get positive with two negative axes | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | frontend/src/assets/private/three.js | 3838 | // this is a more robust check for empty than ( volume <= 0 ) because volume can get positive with two negative axes | COMMENT |