FV Antispam is a powerful and simple antispam plugin. It moves any spambot comments directly to trash and allows Akismet to just deal with human spam.
26
Score
332
Errors
239
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability20
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
316
11 issue groups
I18n
160
4 issue groups
Maintainability
79
10 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<td><strong>$label:</strong></td>"'.73
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 73
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<td><strong>$label:</strong></td>"'.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.63
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 63
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().61
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 61
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'fv-antispam' but got 'antispam_bee'.50
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 50
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'fv-antispam' but got 'antispam_bee'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.44
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 44
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.42
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 42
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['ip'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar40
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 40
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['ip'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['ip']39
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['ip']
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST[$protect]. Check that the array index exists before using it.28
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST[$protect]. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
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WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt12
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $comment->comment_post_ID at "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID='$comment->comment_post_ID' LIMIT 1"
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $comment->comment_post_ID used in $wpdb->get_row()\n$comment->comment_post_ID used without escaping.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text5
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $sQuestion
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sTableName used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$sTableName assigned unsafely at line 71.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var export3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
var_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using file_put_contents(). Detected usage of __FILE__ or __DIR__ magic constant. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
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.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
11
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
2
Notable Domains
foliovision.com6 · outbound
ws.arin.net3 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
plugins.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_fv_foliopress_ajax_pointersauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.8
26
Latest
- Findings
- 571
- Errors
- 332
- Warnings
- 239
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26 | 571 | 332 | 239 | v2.8 | 2.0.0 |
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