reCAPTCHA in WP comments form is an ANTISPAM tool that adds a Google reCAPTCHA to the comments form and protects your site from the spam robots threat …
31
Score
264
Errors
60
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo72
Performance100
Maintainability53
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
220
5 issue groups
I18n
50
4 issue groups
Maintainability
45
15 issue groups
Supply Chain
2
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input type='hidden' name='griwpc-params[$key]' value='$value' />"'.190
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 190
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input type='hidden' name='griwpc-params[$key]' value='$value' />"'.
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.45
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 45
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__GRIWPC_ABS__".14
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__GRIWPC_ABS__".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['g-recaptcha-response']8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['g-recaptcha-response']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['g-recaptcha-response'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['g-recaptcha-response'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$code".7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$code".
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named filesFile and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']. Check that the array index exists before using it.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
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ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to _x().
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "reCAPTCHA in WP comments form" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORSupply ChainHidden files included2
- Category
- Supply Chain
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Hidden files are not permitted.
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.
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var export1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
var_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt array1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fsockopen1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fsockopen().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORMaintainabilityNo Explicit Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Version parameter is not explicitly set or has been set to an equivalent of "false" for wp_register_script; This means that the WordPress core version will be used which is not recommended for plugin or theme development.
WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped Strings1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<p>Sorry, it seems you\'re a robot.</p>'
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v9.1.2
31
Latest
- Findings
- 324
- Errors
- 264
- Warnings
- 60
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31 | 324 | 264 | 60 | v9.1.2 | 2.0.0 |
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