PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.
25
Score
364
Errors
1,607
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability0
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
1,357
13 issue groups
Security
374
8 issue groups
I18n
234
4 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$__grouped_caps".945
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 945
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$__grouped_caps".
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.189
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 189
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "alkivia_roles_translate".149
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 149
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "alkivia_roles_translate".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_ak_caps2level_CB".133
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 133
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_ak_caps2level_CB".
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().112
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 112
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.102
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 102
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE[$auth_key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar72
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 72
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_COOKIE[$auth_key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilityNot AllowedUse of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead40
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 40
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.40
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 40
- 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 '$admin_notices'.38
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 38
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$admin_notices'.
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ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection35
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class22
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "CME_AdminMenuNoPrivWorkaround".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['custom_style_action']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text13
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$1s, %2$2s", but got "%1s, %2s" in '%1s Error: %2s PublishPress Capabilities cannot function because another copy of the plugin is active.'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[$auth_key]
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $backup_section['label']
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching5
- 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().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "CME_FILE".
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "block_core_navigation_filter_out_empty_blocks()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.5.0.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
235
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
12
Notable Domains
publishpress.com95 · outbound
localise.biz11 · outbound
presspermit.com9 · outbound
getharvest.com8 · outbound
alkivia.org6 · outbound
php-fig.org3 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org41 · platform/reference
github.com28 · platform/reference
w3.org16 · platform/reference
wordpress.org5 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints12
wp_ajax_pp-roles-add-roleauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_pp-roles-delete-roleauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_pp-roles-hide-roleauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_pp-roles-unhide-roleauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_admin_notice_actionauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_delete_frontend_feature_item_by_ajaxauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_search_test_user_by_ajaxauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_set_profile_features_roleauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_submit_frontend_element_by_ajaxauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_update_admin_feature_settingsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_ppc_update_profile_features_element_by_ajaxauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_save_dashboard_feature_by_ajaxauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
2 score snapshots
v2.50.0
25
Latest
- Findings
- 1,971
- Errors
- 364
- Warnings
- 1,607
- Check
- 2.0.0
v2.45.0
25
Score
- Findings
- 1,948
- Errors
- 362
- Warnings
- 1,586
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25 | 1,971 | 364 | 1,607 | v2.50.0 | 2.0.0 |
| 25 | 1,948 | 362 | 1,586 | v2.45.0 | 2.0.0 |
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