An advanced security plugin that blocks website visitors by country, with additional features like blacklisting, logging blocked attempts, admin bypas …
40
Score
23
Errors
77
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability80
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
60
7 issue groups
Maintainability
38
7 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Error determining the size of \"$database\"."'.17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Error determining the size of \"$database\"."'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.16
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 1621.15
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 1621.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table_name at "DELETE FROM $table_name WHERE blocked_time < %s"15
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table_name at "DELETE FROM $table_name WHERE blocked_time < %s"
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().14
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error logerror_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['advcb_geoip_file']3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['advcb_geoip_file']
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations freadFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().
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WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.9 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "str_ends_with()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.
External Connections
Not analyzed yet.
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.3.2
40
Latest
- Findings
- 100
- Errors
- 23
- Warnings
- 77
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40 | 100 | 23 | 77 | v2.3.2 | 2.0.0 |
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