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Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content

Password Protect Pages, Posts & Content in WordPress

v4.3.5WP ChillUpdated Added 10k+ installs84% rating100% support resolved
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22
Score
539
Errors
1,419
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo77
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,958 findings

Maintainability

1,396

16 issue groups

Security

546

7 issue groups

Supply Chain

4

1 issue group

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$account_addon_ids".1,157
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1,157
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.515
Category
Security
Occurrences
515
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscapedReference
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.99
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
99
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_Admin_Menu_Manager&quot;.55
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
55
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_Admin_Menu_Manager&quot;.

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.26
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
26
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;fs_plugins_api&quot;.14
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;fs_plugins_api&quot;.

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscapedReference
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WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
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.

WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

missing_direct_file_access_protectionReference
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
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.

WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter
ERRORSupply ChainHidden files included4
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Hidden files are not permitted.

hidden_files
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the &quot;allowed_redirect_hosts&quot; 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.

WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirectReference
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[&#039;passster&#039;]

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE[&#039;passster&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash
ERRORMaintainabilityplugin updater detected2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. These are not permitted in WordPress.org hosted plugins. Detected: class FS_Plugin_Updater

plugin_updater_detected
WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins

update_modification_detectedReference
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

Internal.NoCodeFound
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.

PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFoundReference
ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy(). Detected usage of constant WP_PLUGIN_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.WriteFile.PluginDirectoryWrite

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Score History

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v4.3.5

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Errors
539
Warnings
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