Protects your login, xmlrpc and RSS feeds pages against DDoS attacks. Denies access to your site from certain countries via CloudFlare.
68
Score
22
Errors
5
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security53
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability84
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
12
3 issue groups
Maintainability
12
7 issue groups
Repo Compliance
3
3 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cookie_name'.10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cookie_name'.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writableFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().
ERRORMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag foundShort PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $cookie_name ..." but found "<?= $cookie_name ..."2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $cookie_name ..." but found "<?= $cookie_name ..."
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ProtectionAgainstDDoS".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ProtectionAgainstDDoS".
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse urlparse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityLocalhost URL foundDo not use Localhost/127.0.0.1/*.local in your code. Found: http://127.0.0.1/1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Do not use Localhost/127.0.0.1/*.local in your code. Found: http://127.0.0.1/
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this->option_name]1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this->option_name]
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']. Check that the array index exists before using it.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Protection Against DDoS" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Protection against DDoS".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Protection Against DDoS" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Protection against DDoS".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
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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: 5.4 < 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.
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v1.5.2
68
Latest
- Findings
- 27
- Errors
- 22
- Warnings
- 5
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 68 | 27 | 22 | 5 | v1.5.2 | 2.0.0 |
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