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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
101
8 issue groups
Security
49
7 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
I18n
1
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$download".86
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 86
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$download".
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$hashes'.16
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$hashes'.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['file']. Check that the array index exists before using it.11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['file']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['file'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['file'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['file']7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['file']
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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().3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DB_Exploit_Scanner".3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DB_Exploit_Scanner".
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
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ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $text used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$text assigned unsafely at line 907.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$text} at "SELECT ID, post_title, post_content FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type<>'revision' AND post_content LIKE '%{$text}%'"
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityABSPATHDetected1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Writing files using ABSPATH may be problematic. Consider using wp_upload_dir() instead if storing user data or generated files.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORRepo Complianceno license1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 4.7 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.
ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.5.2
37
Latest
- Findings
- 155
- Errors
- 25
- Warnings
- 130
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37 | 155 | 25 | 130 | v1.5.2 | 2.0.0 |
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