Advanced IP Blocker

A complete WordPress security firewall: blocks IPs, bots, countries & ASN. Includes an intelligent WAF, Threat Scoring, Geo-Challenge, and 2FA.

v8.11.0IniLermUpdated Added 2k+ installs92% rating80% support resolved
40
Score
94
Errors
44
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability74

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

138 findings

Security

113

5 issue groups

Maintainability

25

11 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\"."'.83
Category
Security
Occurrences
83
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\"."'.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$full_table_name} at "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `{$full_table_name}`"15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$full_table_name} at "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `{$full_table_name}`"

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_row()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 36.13
Category
Security
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_row()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 36.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fcloseFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopenFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().

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().

WARNINGMaintainabilityMixed line endingsFile has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

File has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']

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WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl error1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt array1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

51 domains

Outbound calls

139

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

52

Notable Domains

advaipbl.com36 · outbound
en.wikipedia.org9 · outbound
abuseipdb.com4 · outbound
dev.maxmind.com4 · outbound
openstreetmap.org4 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com8 · platform/reference
w3.org3 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
opensource.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

js.stripe.com1 · asset

Incoming Endpoints

/wp-json/advaipbl/v1/live-feed-nonceREST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/advaipbl/v1/live-attacksREST

register_rest_route

Admin AJAX endpoints49
admin_post_advaipbl_clear_location_cache_actionauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_import_settingsauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_refresh_spamhausauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_revoke_vip_passes_actionauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_run_manual_scanauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_send_test_emailauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_send_test_pushauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_usm_save_settingsauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_wizard_step_1authenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_wizard_step_2authenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_wizard_step_3authenticated

admin_post

admin_post_advaipbl_wizard_step_4authenticated

admin_post

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Score History

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1007550250Jun 21, 2026, 07:08 PM UTC Score 40/100 Plugin v8.10.17 Plugin Check 2.0.0 94 errors, 44 warningsJun 24, 2026, 07:55 AM UTC Score 40/100 Plugin v8.11.0 Plugin Check 2.0.0 94 errors, 44 warningsJun 21, 2026Jun 24, 2026

v8.11.0

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Latest

Findings
138
Errors
94
Warnings
44
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2.0.0

v8.10.17

40

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138
Errors
94
Warnings
44
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