Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha

The #1 Plugin for Blocking Form Spam on WordPress

v3.4.51humanpresenceUpdated Added 1k+ installs94% rating
33
Score
54
Errors
65
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability47

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

119 findings

Security

63

8 issue groups

Maintainability

47

16 issue groups

I18n

3

1 issue group

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE['ellipsis_sessionid'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar29
Category
Security
Occurrences
29
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
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 '$message'.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl closeUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl execUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl initUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt arrayUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$options".4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'ellipsis-human-presence-technology' but got 'wp-human-presence'.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_doing_ajax()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_COOKIE['ellipsis_sessionid']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl getinfo2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

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 fwrite(). Detected usage of constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "hp_upgrade".

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
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.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations chmod1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: chmod().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

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Score History

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119
Errors
54
Warnings
65
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