Vulnerable Plugin Checker Plugin

This plugin automatically checks installed plugins for known vulnerabilities utilizing WPScan’s API and provides optional email alerts.

Features:

• Automatic vulnerability detection in plugins utilizing WPScan’s API
• Optional email alerts
• Utilizes WP Cron to check for new security updates twice a day
• Cached API results to decrease backend load time significantly

Installation & Activation

1. Upload the folder “vulnerable-plugin-checker” to your WordPress Plugins Directory (typically “/wp-content/plugins/”)
2. Activate the plugin on your Plugins Page.
3. Suggestion: Install an SMTP plugin such as WP Mail SMTP to prevent potentially dropped emails
4. Done!

Enable Email Updates

1. After activating “Vulnerable Plugin Checker”, go to Settings > VPC Settings
2. Check off “Allow Email Alerts” and enter your email in “Email Address”
3. Click Save Changes

1. 

   Backend display of the Plugins page (plugins.php)

2. 

   Backend display of the VPC Settings page (Settings > VPC Settings)

Installation Instructions

Installation & Activation

1. Upload the folder “vulnerable-plugin-checker” to your WordPress Plugins Directory (typically “/wp-content/plugins/”)
2. Activate the plugin on your Plugins Page.
3. Suggestion: Install an SMTP plugin such as WP Mail SMTP to prevent potentially dropped emails
4. Done!

Enable Email Updates

1. After activating “Vulnerable Plugin Checker”, go to Settings > VPC Settings
2. Check off “Allow Email Alerts” and enter your email in “Email Address”
3. Click Save Changes

0.3.12

• Fixed false positive by adding normalizing to the version number in case WPScan’s API adds .0 to the version number

0.3.11

• Now the plugins page only shows only vulnerabilities that affect the current plugin version (suggested by @gbotica)
• Fixed the Settings URL in multiple places (reported by @gbotica)

0.3.10

• Fixed bug where unpatched vulnerabilities were ignored (reported by @pluginvulnerabilities)

0.3.9

• Fixed notice appearing on PHP7+

0.3.8

• fixed bug where it wouldn’t display the saved email

0.3.7

• removed sslverify on wp_remote_get

0.3.6

• changed cURL to wp_remote_get
• added vulnerabilities on plugin page
• fixed issue with plugin not pulling from cache

0.3.5

• fixed readme error

0.3.4

• fixed minor email bug

0.3.2

• changed language

0.3

• Rewrote the plugin for better performance, readability, and more
• Dismissable error message in all back-end pages if there is a vulnerability
• Added SMTP suggestion to prevent dropped emails
• Removed success notice from plugin page if there are no vulnerabilities
• Fixed a few non-breaking bugs
• Added translatable text and translator comments. Translation help is welcome!
• Added todo.txt to see my plans for future updates.

0.2.4

• Fixed conflicts with Gravity Forms

0.2.3

• Added support for adding multiple email addresses

0.2.2

• Fixed issue where text display appeared on multiple backend pages

0.2

• Text display on the plugins page if there are no known vulnerabilities
• Runs a scan when a new plugin is activated
• Fixed issue when a plugin was deleted it would throw an error

0.1.4

• WP 4.5 Support

0.1.3

• Fixed issue when more than one plugin was found vulnerable on plugins.php