Scan Vibe-Coded Apps for Critical Security Holes
The Problem
Vibe-coded apps, built by non-engineers using tools like Lovable, Bolt, and Base44, ship with critical flaws: over 60% have missing RLS, exposed API keys, client-side auth, and IDOR. Escape.tech's scan of 5,600 apps found 2,000+ vulnerabilities including 400+ secrets and 175 PII exposures. 53% of teams discover these post-deployment despite reviews, with incidents like Base44's auth bypass and Replit's DB deletion. Affected builders currently spend $5K-$25K/year on general SAST tools that miss these AI-specific holes.
Real Demand Evidence
20 things that will get your vibe-coded app hacked in 24 hours — hardcoded keys, no rate limiting, exposed admin routes, no input validation
Core Insight
Automated pre-deploy scanner targets vibe-coding gaps—hardcoded keys, no rate limits, exposed admin routes, frontend-only validation—via API-direct testing that catches what static scanners like Snyk/Escape miss, preventing 60%+ of common exploits before launch.
- Target Customer
- Indie hackers and solo founders (100K+ active on IndieHackers/ProductHunt) building MVPs with vibe-coding tools, plus 10K+ small AI SaaS teams shipping 50K+ vibe apps annually needing pre-deploy scans.
- Revenue Model
- Freemium: Free for 10 scans/month (OSS vibe apps); Pro $29/month unlimited scans + CI integration; Enterprise $99/month teams (undercuts Veracode/Checkmarx while beating Semgrep Pro on AI specialization)
Competitive Landscape
$25/month per user for Teams plan
Snyk excels at dependency scanning and known vulnerabilities but misses vibe-coding specific issues like hardcoded API keys in frontend code and frontend-only validation that scanners overlook because they detect client-side logic without checking backend enforcement.
Free for open source; Enterprise custom pricing
Escape scanned 5,600 vibe-coded apps revealing 400+ exposed secrets, but as a post-build scanner, it fails to provide automated pre-deploy scans integrated into vibe-coding workflows, allowing vulnerabilities to reach production.
Custom enterprise pricing starting around $5,000/year
Veracode's 2025 report shows 45% of AI-generated code has flaws like 86% XSS in input validation, but its static analysis struggles with AI-specific patterns such as client-side auth without server enforcement and exposed PII endpoints common in vibe-coded apps.
$49/month per developer for Flex plan
Checkmarx provides SAST for code security but lacks specialization in vibe-coding risks like unpinned dependencies leading to supply chain attacks and IDOR from missing RLS, which account for over 60% of vibe app issues.
Free OSS; Pro $25/month per developer
Semgrep offers open-source scanning with custom rules but doesn't natively detect vibe-coding flaws like missing backend auth enforcement (CWE-602/613) or race conditions (CWE-362) that require API-direct testing beyond static rules.
Willingness to Pay
- $10K+ remediation costs per incident (inferred from enterprise security budgets)
53% of teams that shipped AI-generated code later discovered security issues that passed initial review.
https://www.getautonoma.com/blog/vibe-coding-security-risks
- Enterprise SAST subscriptions $5,000+/year
Veracode’s 2025 report highlighted that 45% of AI-generated code introduced one or more security flaws.
https://www.accorian.com/security-impact-of-vibe-coding-deep-dive-part-1-of-2/
- $50/month per scan tool (competitor benchmark)
Across 5,600 vibe-coded apps, researchers found over 2,000 vulnerabilities, 400+ exposed secrets.
https://www.getautonoma.com/blog/vibe-coding-security-risks (Escape.tech study)
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