WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

Unsafe printing function

A printing function is outputting dynamic content without proving that the content is escaped.

critical weight

Why It Shows Up

The scan saw output through functions such as `printf`, `print`, or similar constructs where the printed values were not escaped for their context.

Why It Matters

Formatted output is still browser output. If any argument contains attacker-controlled content, the page can become vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

How to Fix

  • Escape every dynamic argument with `esc_html()`, `esc_attr()`, `esc_url()`, or `wp_kses()` as appropriate.
  • Keep translation wrappers and escaping wrappers in the correct order, such as `esc_html__( 'Text', 'text-domain' )` for translated text.
  • Avoid marking values as safe unless they are hard-coded or already strictly constrained.

Affected Plugins

RankPluginScoreErrorsWarningsInstallsAddedUpdatedTop Issue
#2851jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries732675k+Text Domain Mismatch
#2852RPS Include Content73132700Output is not escaped
#2853Sweet Custom Dashboard73272400Missing Arg Domain
#2854Advanced Custom Fields: Accordion Tab Field741411800Missing Version
#2855Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field74294400Text Domain Mismatch
#2856Calculation For Contact Form 7742151k+Text Domain Mismatch
#2857Disable cart page for WooCommerce74286k+Input is not sanitized
#2858Duplicate Widget741701k+Output is not escaped
#2859Formidable Honeypot74106400Text Domain Mismatch
#2860iframe7418070k+Unsafe printing function
#2861Scroll to Top Button741641k+Output is not escaped
#2862Simple Slug Translate743231k+Non Singular String Literal Domain
#2863Sticky Custom Post Types74150500Missing Arg Domain
#2864Vello Booking Calendar74102500Unsafe printing function
#2865Extra Shipping Rates for WooCommerce741519800Non-prefixed global variable
#2866WhatConverts7410107k+Non-prefixed function
#2867Gifty75387400wp function not compatible with requires wp
#2868Honeypot Anti Spam for Forminator Forms75471k+Missing nonce verification
#2869Hum7582600wp function not compatible with requires wp
#2870OXY Re-Login Window7557500Missing Version
#2871Wonder PDF Embed755318k+badly named files
#2872WP Change Custom Posts Slugs75174700Text Domain Mismatch
#2873WP Disables Updates75197800Text Domain Mismatch
#2874404 Simple Redirect76194900Text Domain Mismatch
#2875AMS Google Webmaster Tools76103400Output is not escaped
#2876Disable Lazy Load7686400Non-prefixed constant
#2877Ocean Posts Slider76131410k+Output is not escaped
#2878Post UI Tabs76554400Non Singular String Literal Domain
#2879TagPages761341k+Missing Arg Domain
#2880Test jQuery Updates761031k+Unsafe printing function
#2881AffiliateWP – External Referral Links773011800Text Domain Mismatch
#2882Custom User Profile Photo771635k+Unsafe printing function
#2883Ecomail777131k+Non-prefixed global variable
#2884FD Footnotes Plugin772851k+Non Singular String Literal Domain
#2885f(x) Editor771431k+Unsafe printing function
#2886Gravity Forms Auto Placeholders7798700trademarked term
#2887Mailster Mailgun Integration77165500Missing Translators Comment
#2888Pushover Integration for WooCommerce771077800Text Domain Mismatch
#2889Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields771718600Non-prefixed global variable
#2890Supreme Google Webfonts771271k+Text Domain Mismatch
#2891WP Editor Widget77969k+Unsafe printing function
#2892Accordion Blocks789310k+Unsafe printing function
#2893Frontend Product Editor for WooCommerce787631500Text Domain Mismatch
#2894Uptime Monitoring for WordPress – My Website is Online78187500Text Domain Mismatch
#2895PushCrew78100400Missing Arg Domain
#2896QuadMenu – Divi Mega Menu781721k+Text Domain Mismatch
#2897Simple Maintenance781151k+Non-prefixed global variable
#2898WEN Responsive Columns78136800Unsafe printing function
#2899Exclude Category from Blog781021k+Output is not escaped
#2900WP Downgrade | Specific Core Version78126100k+Unsafe printing function