Harden your site security with Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and more. Formerly iThemes Security.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
881
12 issue groups
Maintainability
710
11 issue groups
I18n
271
2 issue groups
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.248
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 248
- 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.
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" $var=\"$val\""'.203
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 203
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" $var=\"$val\""'.
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;195
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 195
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.130
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 130
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.118
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 118
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().110
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 110
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_COOKIE[self::C_SAME_BROWSER] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar107
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 107
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_COOKIE[self::C_SAME_BROWSER] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[self::C_SAME_BROWSER]101
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 101
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[self::C_SAME_BROWSER]
ERRORSecurityException Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$role' is not a valid canonical role."'.89
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 89
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$role' is not a valid canonical role."'.
ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $blog88
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 88
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $blog
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ERRORMaintainabilitydate date70
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 70
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname Found65
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 65
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'two-factor-user-options-' . $class".
WARNINGSecurityMissing44
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 44
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable Found42
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 42
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$__composer_autoload_files".
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error39
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated39
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['page']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared30
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $extra_checks at \t\t\t$extra_checks\n
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $build_results['sql'] used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$build_results['sql'] assigned unsafely at line 633.
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch23
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'better-wp-security' but got 'stellarwp-telemetry'.
WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameter22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $main_options used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$main_options assigned unsafely at line 924.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname Found21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->cron_interval_identifier".
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function16
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_manually_load_plugin".
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
Score History
First score snapshot
v10.0.2
23
Latest
- Findings
- 2,020
- Errors
- 1,053
- Warnings
- 967
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 2,020 | 1,053 | 967 | v10.0.2 | 2.0.0 |
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