Protection Against DDoS

Protects your login, xmlrpc and RSS feeds pages against DDoS attacks. Denies access to your site from certain countries via CloudFlare.

v1.5.2WPChefUpdated Added 3k+ installs100% rating
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

27 findings

Security

12

3 issue groups

Maintainability

12

7 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput 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().

ERRORMaintainabilityEcho 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 Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;ProtectionAgainstDDoS&quot;.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;ProtectionAgainstDDoS&quot;.

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.

ERRORMaintainabilityFoundDo 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 Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this-&gt;option_name]1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this-&gt;option_name]

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER[&#039;REQUEST_METHOD&#039;]. 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[&#039;REQUEST_METHOD&#039;]. 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.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.5.2

68

Latest

Findings
27
Errors
22
Warnings
5
Check
2.0.0

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