RSFirewall!

Based on the success of the most popular firewall for Joomla!, RSFirewall! is now available to protect your WordPress website as well.

v1.1.47RSJoomla!Updated Added 4k+ installs100% rating
24
Score
563
Errors
521
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance98
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,084 findings

Security

642

12 issue groups

Maintainability

221

9 issue groups

I18n

167

4 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"View {$template_name} does not exist."'.145
Category
Security
Occurrences
145
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"View {$template_name} does not exist."'.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_error'.142
Category
Security
Occurrences
142
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.117
Category
I18n
Occurrences
117
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 global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$DS".94
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
94
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.79
Category
Security
Occurrences
79
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['args'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar74
Category
Security
Occurrences
74
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['args'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.59
Category
Security
Occurrences
59
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['args']54
Category
Security
Occurrences
54
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['args']

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.44
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
44
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().39
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
39
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared33
Category
Security
Occurrences
33
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain22
Category
I18n
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['action']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text18
Category
I18n
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$2F, %2$2F, %3$2F, %4$2F", but got "%2F, %2F, %2F, %2F" in 'Stops malicious scripts scanning the site for user data by requesting numerical user IDs even in REST API calls. (EX: ?author=1, example.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fhello-world%2F, example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users)'.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table at FROM $table\n

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text10
Category
I18n
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $description

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 140.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $column->Field used in $wpdb->query()\n$column->Field used without escaping.

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

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Errors
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Warnings
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