WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

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Plugin Check reported a security-sensitive coding pattern that needs review.

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Why It Shows Up

The finding came from a security-focused WordPress coding standard or Plugin Check rule.

Why It Matters

Security findings often involve trust boundaries: request input, browser output, redirects, database access, capabilities, or filesystem behavior.

How to Fix

  • Identify the untrusted value or privileged action involved.
  • Add validation, sanitization, escaping, nonce checks, capability checks, or prepared SQL as appropriate.
  • Rerun Plugin Check after the code path is fixed.

Affected Plugins

RankPluginScoreErrorsWarningsInstallsAddedUpdatedTop Issue
#2101WP Remove Category Base95148k+trademarked term
#2102Customer Reviews Collector for WooCommerce96515k+Missing direct file access protection
#2103Interactions – Create Interactive Experiences in the Block Editor9622400Missing Translators Comment
#2104MyServerInfo – Memory Usage, PHP Version, Memory Limit, Execution Time, CPU Usage, Disk Usage9612700mismatched plugin name
#2105WP Post Page Clone96580k+trademarked term
#2106Quick Copy – Duplicate Posts & Pages9731k+Discouraged text-domain loading