Captivate Sync™ is a WordPress plugin maintained and developed by Captivate, part of the Rebel Base Media family. With our background in Podcast Websi …
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Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
365
11 issue groups
Security
288
11 issue groups
I18n
53
2 issue groups
Performance
3
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$acf_option_field_group_label".204
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 204
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$acf_option_field_group_label".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_captivate_sync".73
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 73
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_captivate_sync".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$btn_disabled'.70
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 70
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$btn_disabled'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['transcript_file']47
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 47
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['transcript_file']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['s'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar46
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 46
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['s'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['transcript_file']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.43
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 43
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['transcript_file']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'captivatesync-trade' but got 'captivate-fm-sync'.41
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 41
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'captivatesync-trade' but got 'captivate-fm-sync'.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.25
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
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WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query18
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query12
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- 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.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain12
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $cfm_shows at "ALTER TABLE $cfm_shows CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci"
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $cfm_shows used in $wpdb->query()\n$cfm_shows assigned unsafely at line 156.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- 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.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude3
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $pid used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$pid assigned unsafely at line 766.
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v3.3.1
23
Latest
- Findings
- 731
- Errors
- 174
- Warnings
- 557
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 731 | 174 | 557 | v3.3.1 | 2.0.0 |
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