WP SAML Auth

SAML authentication for WordPress.

v2.3.2Pantheon SystemsUpdated Added 8k+ installs90% rating25% support resolved
76
Score
7
Errors
25
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security65
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability84

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

32 findings

Maintainability

17

8 issue groups

Security

12

3 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error logerror_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse urlparse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP SAML Auth" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP SAML Auth" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wpsa_boostrap".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wpsa_boostrap".

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.1
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.

ERRORMaintainabilityNot AllowedUse of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json fileThe &quot;/vendor&quot; directory using composer exists, but &quot;composer.json&quot; file is missing.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The &quot;/vendor&quot; directory using composer exists, but &quot;composer.json&quot; file is missing.

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ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.9 < 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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The upgrade notice for "2.2.0" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.

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Score History

First score snapshot

v2.3.2

76

Latest

Findings
32
Errors
7
Warnings
25
Check
2.0.0

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