WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}

An extremely powerful antispam plugin that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images.

v3.1.43MihCheUpdated 2020-10-14Added Sep 14, 201410k+ installs92% rating
25
Score
646
Errors
259
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability9

Top Issues by Category

i18n432
security340
maintainability97

Issues Details

905 issues found in latest scan

ERROR382
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain

The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->PLUGIN_SLUG

ERROR111
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING58
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING49
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING37
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$hiddenInputName]

ERROR21
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

ERROR20
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR20
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNING20
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR19
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR18
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING15
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING14
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR11
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNING10
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_print_r

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

WARNING10
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

WARNING9
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $gdbcOldTableName used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$gdbcOldTableName assigned unsafely at line 184.

WARNING9
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $gdbcOldTableName at "DELETE FROM $gdbcOldTableName WHERE Id IN ("

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand

mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.I18n.InterpolatedVariableText

The $text parameter must not contain interpolated variables or expressions. Found: $settingsPageUrl

ERROR6
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "mb_strlen()" requires WordPress 4.2.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: "Brute Force attack detected on " . MchGdbcWpUtils::getCurrentBlogLink()

WARNING3
Internal.NoCodeFound

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

Latest Snapshot

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905

Errors

646

Warnings

259

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.1.43 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v3.1.43

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Findings
905
Errors
646
Warnings
259
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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