Protect your website by concealing vulnerable WordPress traces, plugins, themes, login/admin url. 2FA, Captcha, Firewall, Security Headers etc.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
395
10 issue groups
Maintainability
64
12 issue groups
I18n
13
3 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[$key]96
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 96
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[$key]
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.79
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 79
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar68
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 68
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.63
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 63
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[$key]. Check that the array index exists before using it.36
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 36
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[$key]. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$action'.23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$action'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "apply_filters_deprecated()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.17
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "apply_filters_deprecated()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued StylesheetStylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()
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.7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- 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.
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WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().
ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $column at "SELECT $id_column FROM $table WHERE meta_key = %s AND $column = %d"
ERRORSecurityNot Prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $mysql_query
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
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.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $label
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-hide-security-enhancer' but got 'security-scan-interface'.
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.8.9
27
Latest
- Findings
- 499
- Errors
- 124
- Warnings
- 375
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27 | 499 | 124 | 375 | v2.8.9 | 2.0.0 |
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