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Testing Attachment Brute Force Implementation in WPScan

This test suite validates the attachment brute forcing functionality in WPScan’s media finder component. It focuses on verifying URL generation and handling of attachment IDs through targeted test cases.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite covers the attachment brute forcing mechanism in WPScan’s media finder component. Key focus areas include:

URL generation for attachment ID enumeration
Target URL mapping and validation
Range-based attachment ID handling
URL format consistency checks

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach employs RSpec’s behavior-driven development patterns to validate the AttachmentBruteForcing finder class. It uses subject/let blocks for test setup and leverages RSpec’s expectation syntax for assertions.

The implementation focuses on validating the target_urls method’s behavior with specific ranges and URL formatting.

Technical Details

Testing infrastructure includes:

RSpec testing framework
Fixture-based test data management
WPScan::Target mock objects
URL generation validation
Range-based input testing

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test suite demonstrates several testing best practices:

Clear test subject isolation using RSpec’s described_class
Consistent fixture organization
Explicit test case scenarios
Clean separation of setup and assertions
Focused unit test scope

wpscanteam/wpscan

spec/app/finders/medias/attachment_brute_forcing_spec.rb

            
# frozen_string_literal: true

describe WPScan::Finders::Medias::AttachmentBruteForcing do
  subject(:finder) { described_class.new(target) }
  let(:target)     { WPScan::Target.new(url) }
  let(:url)        { 'http://ex.lo/' }
  let(:fixtures)   { FINDERS_FIXTURES.join('medias', 'attachment_brute_forcing') }

  describe '#aggressive' do
    xit
  end

  describe '#target_urls' do
    it 'returns the expected urls' do
      expect(finder.target_urls(range: (1..2))).to eql(
        "#{url}?attachment_id=1" => 1,
        "#{url}?attachment_id=2" => 2
      )
    end
  end
end