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v6.81CleanTalk IncUpdated Added 200k+ installs96% rating93% support resolved
23
Score
826
Errors
1,078
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo85
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,904 findings

Security

1,017

10 issue groups

Maintainability

512

10 issue groups

I18n

234

5 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.359
Category
Security
Occurrences
359
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" data-wp-lists='list:$singular'"'.267
Category
Security
Occurrences
267
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" data-wp-lists='list:$singular'"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_cleantalk_ajax_actions_to_check".134
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
134
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.93
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
93
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().92
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
92
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.83
Category
Security
Occurrences
83
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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.80
Category
I18n
Occurrences
80
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.

ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $apbct78
Category
Security
Occurrences
78
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $apbct

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().76
Category
I18n
Occurrences
76
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "apache_request_headers".72
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
72
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash68
Category
Security
Occurrences
68
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE[$cookie_name] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized55
Category
Security
Occurrences
55
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[$name]

ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter37
Category
Security
Occurrences
37
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $apbct->data['sfw_common_table_name'] used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$apbct->data['sfw_common_table_name'] used without escaping.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date36
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
36
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException Not Escaped35
Category
Security
Occurrences
35
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text35
Category
I18n
Occurrences
35
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$s", but got "%d, %s" in 'max_execution_time must be at least %d seconds, ini_get() returns %s'.

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch22
Category
I18n
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'cleantalk-spam-protect' but got 'cleantalk_spam_protect'.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text21
Category
I18n
Occurrences
21
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: "Please wait for a while. " . $apbct->data['wl_brandname_short'] . " is checking all $this->page_slug via blacklist database at cleantalk.org. You will have option to delete found spam $this->page_slug after plugin finish."

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function20
Category
Security
Occurrences
20
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp19
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "current_datetime()" requires WordPress 5.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.7.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url17
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log16
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameter15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $prefix used in $wpdb->query()\n$prefix used without escaping.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

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