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v2.62Rick HellewellUpdated Added 800 installs100% rating
35
Score
31
Errors
17
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security4
Repo76
Performance100
Maintainability86

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

48 findings

Security

32

5 issue groups

Maintainability

8

7 issue groups

I18n

4

1 issue group

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$bcsb_data[0]'.18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$bcsb_data[0]'.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['bcsb_hidden_guid']4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['bcsb_hidden_guid']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['bcsb_hidden_guid'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['bcsb_hidden_guid'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentOffloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bscb_cellarweb_logo".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bscb_cellarweb_logo".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$my_settings_page".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$my_settings_page".

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

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ERRORSupply ChainCompressed files included1
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Compressed files are not permitted.

ERRORRepo Compliancemismatched tested up to header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched "Tested up to": 6.5 != 6.3. The "Tested up to" value in the readme file must match the "Tested up to" value in the plugin header. If the plugin header has a "Tested up to" value, it will override the readme value, which can cause confusion.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

ERRORMaintainabilityno stable tag1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Invalid or missing Stable Tag. Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.5 < 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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The upgrade notice for "Version 1.3 (24 Dec 2019)" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

7 domains

Outbound calls

23

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

cellarweb.com8 · outbound
formspammertrap.com1 · outbound
paypal.com1 · outbound
whtly.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org10 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

paypalobjects.com2 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.62

35

Latest

Findings
48
Errors
31
Warnings
17
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