PrestaShop Security Audit & Hardening Report

Yes. NDA and DPA are available on request, access is least-privilege, and data is not retained unless you ask us to keep a backup.

No. Automated checks are combined with manual inspection of skimmers, file changes, stale accounts, database tampering and PrestaShop-specific configuration.

We flag it immediately in writing and outline containment steps. Cleanup and code remediation are scoped separately because this engagement is the assessment.

The Security Audit delivers the diagnosis and the plan. A clear, severity-ranked account of what is exposed and what to do about it. That deliverable stands on its own: you, or any developer you trust, can act on it directly.

If you would like the work done rather than just documented, we can carry out hands-on remediation as a separate, scoped piece of work. Depending on what the audit finds, that typically includes:

• Cleaning an infection, removing injected skimmers, web-shells and tampered files, and tracing how the attacker got in so the door is actually closed.
• Patching modules, updating or fixing vulnerable modules, core or overrides carrying known issues.
• Hardening the admin, locking down back-office access, employee accounts and login protection.

Keeping remediation separate from the audit is deliberate. The audit is observational and read-only, so the diagnosis is never coloured by the temptation to start changing things mid-review; remediation is then scoped against clear, agreed priorities.

When there is an active compromise

For an active compromise we prioritise containment first. Before any broader clean-up or patching, the immediate concern is limiting the damage and protecting customer and payment data. Only once the situation is contained does the rest of the remediation proceed in a considered order. There is no obligation to take the remediation route, but if you want one team to see the problem through from diagnosis to fix, that option is there.

For a full picture we ask for read-only back-office access and, where possible, read access to files and logs. That combination is enough to inspect the shop thoroughly, module versions, configuration, the file system and the access patterns in your logs, without changing anything. Logs in particular are where signs of an active compromise or probing attacks often show up, so read access to them materially improves what the audit can see.

On safety, the key point is simple: we never modify your store during an audit. The whole review is observational. Nothing is patched, deleted or reconfigured while we are looking, which reduces the risk of disrupting your shop or interfering with shoppers.

Working to a scope you are comfortable with

Access can be shaped to your comfort level. If you would prefer not to grant file or log access, we can work to a narrower scope, for example an external scan combined with a guided back-office review, where you stay at the controls and we direct what to check. The audit is still valuable that way; deeper access simply lets it see more.

If we find an active compromise

If the review uncovers an active compromise, we tell you immediately. We do not wait until the end to deliver a report. We then outline safe containment steps before anything else, so the priority becomes limiting the damage and protecting customer and payment data rather than continuing a leisurely review of a store that is actively being exploited. Handling an incident calmly and in the right order is part of why the audit is read-only by default: we want to understand the situation fully before any change is made.

For the most complete review, read access to the database also helps. When access is limited, we state what remains uncovered.

We do not run intrusive penetration tests or load attacks.

From the Security Audit you receive a prioritized, plain-English remediation plan. For every issue we set out three things clearly:

• What is exposed. The specific weakness, described so you can recognise it in your own shop.
• How serious it is, a clear severity rating, so a minor hardening suggestion is never confused with a genuine emergency.
• Exactly what to fix first, the concrete next step, with practical detail rather than a vague warning.

Critical issues, anything actively exploitable, are flagged at the very top with concrete steps, so the most dangerous problems are impossible to miss and there is no ambiguity about where to begin. This ordering matters: in security, the sequence you act in is often the difference between a contained problem and a serious incident.

Hardening for the future, not just a one-off patch

Beyond fixing what is wrong today, you also receive practical hardening recommendations aimed at making the shop more resilient going forward. These typically cover:

• Two-factor authentication on back-office accounts.
• Admin lockdown. Tightening who can reach the back office and how.
• Backup policy. Ensuring you have recent, tested, genuinely restorable backups.

The intent is that the store ends up more secure as a standing posture, not merely patched once and left to drift back into the same exposure. The plan is written so you or your developer can act on it directly, with the urgent items unmistakably separated from the longer-term improvements.

The PrestaShop Security Audit is a hands-on review of your real shop, focused on the threats that actually hit PrestaShop stores in practice rather than a generic compliance checklist. PrestaShop's popularity makes it a frequent target, and the attack patterns are fairly specific, so the audit concentrates where the real risk lives. A specialist looks at the following areas:

Vulnerability scan

We check for an outdated core, modules and PHP version carrying known CVEs. Out-of-date third-party modules are one of the most common entry points on PrestaShop, because a single neglected module can expose the whole store even when the core is current.

Malware & Magecart detection

We look for injected skimmers, web-shells and tampered files, the card-stealing Magecart-style injections and backdoors that target checkout and payment flows. This is a pattern we deal with regularly, so the review is grounded in what these compromises actually look like in the file system and database, not just signature matching.

Injection exposure

We assess SQL-injection and Smarty template (RCE) surfaces in modules and overrides, the places where untrusted input reaches a query or a template and can be turned into remote code execution.

Admin hardening & 2FA

We review back-office access: employee accounts, login protection and two-factor authentication. Weak or shared admin credentials and an unprotected back office are a recurring cause of breaches that have nothing to do with code flaws.

Backup & recovery

Finally, we check whether you could actually restore cleanly after an incident. That backups exist, are recent, and are genuinely usable. A backup you have never tested is a risk, not a safety net.

Because a specialist inspects your actual shop, the findings reflect your real exposure and configuration rather than a theoretical list of things that could go wrong.