Blue Captcha is a powerful and highly customized WordPress plugin that effectively protects your WP blogs from spammers and unwanted persons.
32
Score
27
Errors
1,834
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability39
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
1,593
6 issue groups
Security
265
9 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
I18n
1
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$AVAILABLE_BG_IMAGES".1,538
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1,538
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$AVAILABLE_BG_IMAGES".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST["action"]78
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 78
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST["action"]
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST["action"] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar60
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 60
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST["action"] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.54
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 54
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"\">$ip_str</font><br>$ip_str2</div></td>\n"'.27
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 27
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"\">$ip_str</font><br>$ip_str2</div></td>\n"'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.24
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 24
- 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().21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $limitstr at "SELECT * FROM $table $str $limitstr"11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $limitstr at "SELECT * FROM $table $str $limitstr"
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityUnnecessary PrepareIt is not necessary to prepare a query which doesn't use variable replacement.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
It is not necessary to prepare a query which doesn't use variable replacement.
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WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 253.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BLUE_CAPTCHA_COMMENT_CREATE_CAPTCHA_FUNCTION".
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log set error handler1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
set_error_handler() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme invalid contributors1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Contributors" header in the readme file must be a comma-separated list of WordPress.org-formatted usernames.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
12
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
mybluestuff.blogspot.com2 · outbound
paypalobjects.com2 · outbound
webhostinghub.com2 · outbound
mybluestuff.blogspot.gr1 · outbound
paypal.com1 · outbound
qb.si1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.1.0
32
Latest
- Findings
- 1,861
- Errors
- 27
- Warnings
- 1,834
- Check
- 2.1.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 32 | 1,861 | 27 | 1,834 | v2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
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