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Honeypot Toolkit

Automatically insert Project Honeypot links into your pages and block IP addresses that are listed on various block lists you can choose from.

v5.0.4Jeff SterupUpdated Added 400 installs86% rating0% support resolved
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32
Score
155
Errors
770
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability39

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

925 findings

Security

613

8 issue groups

Maintainability

311

11 issue groups

Repo Compliance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.258
Category
Security
Occurrences
258
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.140
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
140
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['HT_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar133
Category
Security
Occurrences
133
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['HT_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().124
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
124
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
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['HT_nonce']. Check that the array index exists before using it.63
Category
Security
Occurrences
63
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$htSettings['404_block_time']'.43
Category
Security
Occurrences
43
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$htSettings['404_block_time']'.

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscapedReference
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['HT_nonce']40
Category
Security
Occurrences
40
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['HT_nonce']

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $deleteActivityQuery37
Category
Security
Occurrences
37
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $deleteActivityQuery used in $wpdb->query()\n$deleteActivityQuery assigned unsafely at line 1055.35
Category
Security
Occurrences
35
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $deleteActivityQuery used in $wpdb->query()\n$deleteActivityQuery assigned unsafely at line 1055.

PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;13
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

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

missing_direct_file_access_protectionReference
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ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "sanitize_textarea_field()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.

wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wpReference
ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
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
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Found call to wp_register_style() with external resource. Offloading styles to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.EnqueuedResourceOffloading.OffloadedContent
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_register_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.9 < 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.

outdated_tested_upto_headerReference

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

6 domains

Outbound calls

13

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

12

Notable Domains

whois.domaintools.com5 · outbound
sterup.com3 · outbound
isc.sans.edu2 · outbound
bing.com1 · outbound
developers.google.com1 · outbound
projecthoneypot.org1 · outbound

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints12
wp_ajax_HT_allowlist_ipauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_blocklist_ipauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_edit_ip_entryauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_process_usernamesauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_remove_ipauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_retrieve_activity_listauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_retrieve_allowlistauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_retrieve_blocklistauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_retrieve_entry_detailsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_retrieve_page_limitauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_save_settingsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_HT_save_single_settingsauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v5.0.4

32

Latest

Findings
925
Errors
155
Warnings
770
Check
2.0.0

Relationship Map

Author, categories, issues, domains, and nearby plugins.

35 nodes

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