Rate limiting for Contact Form 7

Adds support to limit the number of Contact Form 7 form submissions per ip per period

v1.0.7zazellUpdated Added 500 installs100% rating
25
Score
547
Errors
1,306
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability9

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,853 findings

Maintainability

1,302

16 issue groups

Security

545

8 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$VARS".1,083
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1,083
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.518
Category
Security
Occurrences
518
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.99
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
99
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_Admin_Menu_Manager&quot;.54
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
54
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.26
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
26
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
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().10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 608.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 608.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;cr_fs_loaded&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER[&#039;REMOTE_ADDR&#039;]

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER[&#039;REMOTE_ADDR&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_SERVER[&#039;REMOTE_ADDR&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilityplugin updater detected2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. These are not permitted in WordPress.org hosted plugins. Detected: class FS_Plugin_Updater

WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins

WARNINGMaintainabilityMixed line endings1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

File has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callback1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy(). Detected usage of constant WP_PLUGIN_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;{$module_type}_update_check_locales&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed interface1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

28 domains

Outbound calls

171

External assets

2

Incoming endpoints

3

Notable Domains

freemius.com8 · outbound
php.net6 · outbound
benalman.com4 · outbound
choosealicense.com2 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

gnu.org111 · platform/reference
wordpress.org7 · platform/reference
w3.org5 · platform/reference
api.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
github.com2 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints3
admin_post_fs_clone_resolutionauthenticated

admin_post

wp_ajax_fs_dismiss_notice_action_{$ajax_action_suffix}authenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_fs_toggle_debug_modeauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

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Warnings
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