Patchstack automatically identifies and mitigates security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, themes, and core.
24
Score
104
Errors
478
Warnings
+1
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability6
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
338
9 issue groups
Maintainability
209
14 issue groups
I18n
10
2 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.84
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 84
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['PatchstackNonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar72
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 72
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['PatchstackNonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['PatchstackNonce']69
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 69
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['PatchstackNonce']
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$RandomCompatCOMtest".50
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 50
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$RandomCompatCOMtest".
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.47
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 47
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.37
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 37
- 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().32
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 32
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Base32Static".29
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 29
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Base32Static".
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $prefix21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $prefix
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$app_url'.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 '$app_url'.
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WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated15
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['g-recaptcha-response']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant12
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT".
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $prefix used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$prefix used without escaping.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to esc_attr__().
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "RandomCompat_intval".
ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'patchstack' but got 'disable-wp-rest-api'.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
43
External assets
8
Incoming endpoints
4
Notable Domains
patchstack.com9 · outbound
app.patchstack.com4 · outbound
bugs.php.net2 · outbound
php-fig.org2 · outbound
2uo.de1 · outbound
3v4l.org1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
github.com5 · platform/reference
w3.org3 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
google.com10 · asset + outbound
cdnjs.cloudflare.com2 · asset + outbound
challenges.cloudflare.com2 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints4
wp_ajax_patchstack_activate_autoauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_patchstack_activate_licenseauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_patchstack_activation_statusauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_patchstack_check_connectionauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
2 score snapshots
v2.3.7
24
Latest
- Findings
- 582
- Errors
- 104
- Warnings
- 478
- Check
- 2.0.0
v2.3.6
23
Score
- Findings
- 596
- Errors
- 107
- Warnings
- 489
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 24 | 582 | 104 | 478 | v2.3.7 | 2.0.0 |
| 23 | 596 | 107 | 489 | v2.3.6 | 2.0.0 |
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