NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan

A lightweight, fast and powerful virus scanner for WordPress.

v3.3.1nintechnetUpdated Added 30k+ installs82% rating
22
Score
596
Errors
551
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,147 findings

Maintainability

459

15 issue groups

Security

445

7 issue groups

I18n

220

3 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$absfiles".328
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
328
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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.183
Category
I18n
Occurrences
183
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'.150
Category
Security
Occurrences
150
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$nscan_key'"'.111
Category
Security
Occurrences
111
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.74
Category
Security
Occurrences
74
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['file']40
Category
Security
Occurrences
40
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['file']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['file'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar40
Category
Security
Occurrences
40
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['file'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlinkunlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.25
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
25
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.24
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
24
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 functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_nscan_build_files_list".19
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_nscan_build_files_list".

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ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text19
Category
I18n
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: "This report was created for WordPress %s, but your current version is %s. ".\n "If you upgraded WordPress lately, don't forget to run a new scan."

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text18
Category
I18n
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Fatal error: Some NinjaScanner files have been modified (%s) or are missing (%s). Please reinstall NinjaScanner or disable NinjaScanner files integrity checker. Aborting.'.

ERRORMaintainabilityGoto statement found17
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

The "goto" language construct should not be used.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
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 constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations touch7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityrename rename6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

rename() is discouraged. Use WP_Filesystem::move() to rename a file.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations mkdir5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching3
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().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

External Connections

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Score History

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Errors
596
Warnings
551
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