diff --git a/pyt/cfg/stmt_visitor.py b/pyt/cfg/stmt_visitor.py
index de8e396e..00a0fb2f 100644
--- a/pyt/cfg/stmt_visitor.py
+++ b/pyt/cfg/stmt_visitor.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 )
 from ..core.ast_helper import (
     generate_ast,
+    get_call_names,
     get_call_names_as_string
 )
 from ..core.module_definitions import (
@@ -472,14 +473,6 @@ def assignment_call_node(self, left_hand_label, ast_node):
         call = self.visit(ast_node.value)
         call_label = call.left_hand_side
 
-        if isinstance(call, BBorBInode):
-            # Necessary to know e.g.
-            # `image_name = image_name.replace('..', '')`
-            # is a reassignment.
-            vars_visitor = VarsVisitor()
-            vars_visitor.visit(ast_node.value)
-            call.right_hand_side_variables.extend(vars_visitor.result)
-
         call_assignment = AssignmentCallNode(
             left_hand_label + ' = ' + call_label,
             left_hand_label,
@@ -572,7 +565,7 @@ def visit_While(self, node):
 
         return self.loop_node_skeleton(test, node)
 
-    def add_blackbox_or_builtin_call(self, node, blackbox):
+    def add_blackbox_or_builtin_call(self, node, blackbox):  # noqa: C901
         """Processes a blackbox or builtin function when it is called.
         Nothing gets assigned to ret_func_foo in the builtin/blackbox case.
 
@@ -597,14 +590,14 @@ def add_blackbox_or_builtin_call(self, node, blackbox):
         saved_function_call_index = self.function_call_index
         self.undecided = False
 
-        call_label = LabelVisitor()
-        call_label.visit(node)
+        call_label_visitor = LabelVisitor()
+        call_label_visitor.visit(node)
 
-        index = call_label.result.find('(')
+        call_function_label = call_label_visitor.result[:call_label_visitor.result.find('(')]
 
         # Create e.g. ~call_1 = ret_func_foo
         LHS = CALL_IDENTIFIER + 'call_' + str(saved_function_call_index)
-        RHS = 'ret_' + call_label.result[:index] + '('
+        RHS = 'ret_' + call_function_label + '('
 
         call_node = BBorBInode(
             label='',
@@ -613,7 +606,7 @@ def add_blackbox_or_builtin_call(self, node, blackbox):
             right_hand_side_variables=[],
             line_number=node.lineno,
             path=self.filenames[-1],
-            func_name=call_label.result[:index]
+            func_name=call_function_label
         )
         visual_args = list()
         rhs_vars = list()
@@ -657,6 +650,11 @@ def add_blackbox_or_builtin_call(self, node, blackbox):
             # `scrypt.outer(scrypt.inner(image_name), scrypt.other_inner(image_name))`
             last_return_value_of_nested_call.connect(call_node)
 
+        call_names = list(get_call_names(node.func))
+        if len(call_names) > 1:
+            # taint is a RHS variable (self) of taint.lower()
+            rhs_vars.append(call_names[0])
+
         if len(visual_args) > 0:
             for arg in visual_args:
                 RHS = RHS + arg + ", "
@@ -667,7 +665,6 @@ def add_blackbox_or_builtin_call(self, node, blackbox):
         call_node.label = LHS + " = " + RHS
 
         call_node.right_hand_side_variables = rhs_vars
-        # Used in get_sink_args, not using right_hand_side_variables because it is extended in assignment_call_node
         rhs_visitor = RHSVisitor()
         rhs_visitor.visit(node)
         call_node.args = rhs_visitor.result
diff --git a/tests/vulnerabilities/vulnerabilities_test.py b/tests/vulnerabilities/vulnerabilities_test.py
index ff48c38c..599ea4aa 100644
--- a/tests/vulnerabilities/vulnerabilities_test.py
+++ b/tests/vulnerabilities/vulnerabilities_test.py
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ def test_build_sanitiser_node_dict(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(sanitiser_dict['escape'][0], cfg.nodes[3])
 
-    def run_analysis(self, path):
-        self.cfg_create_from_file(path)
+    def run_analysis(self, path=None):
+        if path:
+            self.cfg_create_from_file(path)
         cfg_list = [self.cfg]
 
         FrameworkAdaptor(cfg_list, [], [], is_flask_route_function)
@@ -468,6 +469,20 @@ def test_yield(self):
 
         self.assertAlphaEqual(str(vuln), EXPECTED_VULNERABILITY_DESCRIPTION)
 
+    def test_method_of_taint(self):
+        def assert_vulnerable(fixture):
+            tree = ast.parse('TAINT = request.args.get("")\n' + fixture + '\nexecute(result)')
+            self.cfg_create_from_ast(tree)
+            vulnerabilities = self.run_analysis()
+            self.assert_length(vulnerabilities, expected_length=1, msg=fixture)
+
+        assert_vulnerable('result = TAINT')
+        assert_vulnerable('result = TAINT.lower()')
+        assert_vulnerable('result = str(TAINT)')
+        assert_vulnerable('result = str(TAINT.lower())')
+        assert_vulnerable('result = repr(str("%s" % TAINT.lower().upper()))')
+        assert_vulnerable('result = repr(str("{}".format(TAINT.lower())))')
+
 
 class EngineDjangoTest(VulnerabilitiesBaseTestCase):
     def run_analysis(self, path):