WPVulnerability

This plugin integrates with the WPVulnerability API to provide real-time vulnerability assessments for your WordPress core, plugins, themes, PHP version, Apache HTTPD, nginx, MariaDB, MySQL, ImageMagick, curl, memcached, Redis, and SQLite.

It delivers detailed reports directly within your WordPress dashboard, helping you stay aware of potential security risks. Configure the plugin to send periodic notifications about your site’s security status, ensuring you remain informed without being overwhelmed. Designed for ease of use, it supports proactive security measures without storing or retrieving any personal data from your site.

Data reliability

The information provided by the information database comes from different sources that have been reviewed by third parties. There is no liability of any kind for the information. Act at your own risk.

Using the plugin

WP-CLI

You can use the following WP-CLI commands to manage and check vulnerabilities:

• Core: wp wpvulnerability core
• Plugins: wp wpvulnerability plugins
• Themes: wp wpvulnerability themes
• PHP: wp wpvulnerability php
• Apache HTTPD: wp wpvulnerability apache
• nginx: wp wpvulnerability nginx
• MariaDB: wp wpvulnerability mariadb
• MySQL: wp wpvulnerability mysql
• ImageMagick: wp wpvulnerability imagemagick
• curl: wp wpvulnerability curl
• memcached: wp wpvulnerability memcached
• Redis: wp wpvulnerability redis
• SQLite: wp wpvulnerability sqlite

To configure the plugin you can use:

• Hide component: wp wpvulnerability config hide <component> [on|off]
• Notification email: wp wpvulnerability config email <emails> (comma separatted)
• Notification period: wp wpvulnerability config period <never|daily|weekly>
• Log retention: wp wpvulnerability config log-retention <0|1|7|14|28> (in days)
• Cache duration: wp wpvulnerability config cache <1|6|12|24> (in hours)

All commands support the --format option to specify the output format:

• --format=table: Displays the results in a table format (default).
• --format=json: Displays the results in JSON format.

Need help?

• wp wpvulnerability --help: Displays help information for WPVulnerability commands.
• wp wpvulnerability [command] --help: Displays help information for a WPVulnerability command.

REST API

The WPVulnerability plugin provides several REST API endpoints to fetch vulnerability information for different components of your WordPress site.

• Core: /wpvulnerability/v1/core
• Plugins: /wpvulnerability/v1/plugins
• Themes: /wpvulnerability/v1/themes
• PHP: /wpvulnerability/v1/php
• Apache HTTPD: /wpvulnerability/v1/apache
• nginx: /wpvulnerability/v1/nginx
• MariaDB: /wpvulnerability/v1/mariadb
• MySQL: /wpvulnerability/v1/mysql
• ImageMagick: /wpvulnerability/v1/imagemagick
• curl: /wpvulnerability/v1/curl
• memcached: /wpvulnerability/v1/memcached
• Redis: /wpvulnerability/v1/redis
• SQLite: /wpvulnerability/v1/sqlite

The WPVulnerability REST API uses Application Passwords for authentication. You need to include a valid Application Password in the Authorization header of your requests.

Example Request with Authentication

curl -X GET https://example.com/wp-json/wpvulnerability/v1/plugins -u username:application_password

Replace username with your WordPress username and application_password with your Application Password.

Extra Configurations

“From:” mail (since: 3.2.2)

If, for some reason, you need the emails sent by the plugin to have a From different from the site administrator, you can change it from the wp-config.php by adding a constant:

define( 'WPVULNERABILITY_MAIL', 'sender@example.com' );

If the constant is active, it will be visible in the configuration screen.

Force hiding checks (since: 4.1.0)

If you want to always hide a specific component, you can define a constant in wp-config.php. When set to true, the option will be checked automatically in the settings screen and the related analysis will be skipped.

Example:

define( 'WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_APACHE', true );

Available constants: WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_CORE, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_PLUGINS, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_THEMES, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_PHP, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_APACHE, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_NGINX, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_MARIADB, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_MYSQL, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_IMAGEMAGICK, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_CURL, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_MEMCACHED, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_REDIS, WPVULNERABILITY_HIDE_SQLITE.

Cache duration (since: 4.1.0)

By default, data from the API is cached for 12 hours.

define( 'WPVULNERABILITY_CACHE_HOURS', 24 );

To change this, define WPVULNERABILITY_CACHE_HOURS in wp-config.php with one of 1, 6, 12 or 24. This value overrides the setting screen and WP-CLI command.

Log rotation (since: 4.2.0)

WPVulnerability stores the most recent API responses so you can review recent calls from the new log tab. Define WPVULNERABILITY_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS in wp-config.php to control how many days of entries are preserved. Supported values are 0, 1, 7, 14 or 28; using 0 disables logging entirely.

define( 'WPVULNERABILITY_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS', 14 );

When the constant is present its value is enforced in the settings UI and through WP-CLI, ensuring consistent log rotation across environments.

Compatibility

• WordPress: 4.7 – 6.9
• PHP: 5.6 – 8.4
• WP-CLI: 2.3.0 – 2.11.0

Security

This plugin adheres to the following security measures and review protocols for each version:

• WordPress Plugin Handbook
• WordPress Plugin Security
• WordPress APIs Security
• WordPress Coding Standards
• Plugin Check (PCP)
• SonarCloud Code Review

Privacy

• This plugin or the WordPress Vulnerability Database API does not collect any information about your site, your identity, the plugins, themes or content the site has.

Vulnerabilities

• No vulnerabilities have been published up to version 4.2.0.

Found a security vulnerability? Please report it to us privately at the WPVulnerability GitHub repository.

Contributors

You can contribute to this plugin at the WPVulnerability GitHub repository.

Automatic download

Visit the plugin section in your WordPress, search for [wpvulnerability]; download and install the plugin.

Manual download

Extract the contents of the ZIP and upload the contents to the /wp-content/plugins/wpvulnerability/ directory. Once uploaded, it will appear in your plugin list.

1. 

   WP-Admin Dashboard widget.

2. 

   Vulnerability list at Plugins list.

3. 

   Vulnerability list at Site Health.

[4.2.0] – 2025-10-31

Added

• GUI reorganized with tabs.
• New log tab, listing API calls made in the last days.
• Added some tests to check email.
• Constant WPVULNERABILITY_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS to enforce log rotation from wp-config.php.
• WP-CLI command to configure log retention from the terminal.
• Automated pruning of stored logs based on the configured retention window.

Updated

• New logo and assets.
• PHP syntax to avoid errors.
• Access level control in all the options.
• Uninstall deletes everything.
• POT (translations) file.
• Software versions detection.
• Documentation improvements.
• Improved the content for Slack and Microsoft Teams notifications (in a more old-fashion way).
• Fine-tuned settings labels to reflect enforced log retention values when the constant is present.

Fixed

• Mail unsubscription.
• Mail sending failed.
• Enforced the cache (a lot).
• Core versions (beta and RC) with invalid format.
• Normalize stored notification preferences to avoid stale values after upgrades.

Compatibility

• WordPress: 4.7 – 6.9
• PHP: 5.6 – 8.4
• WP-CLI: 2.3.0 – 2.11.0

Tests

• PHP Coding Standards: 3.13.4
• WordPress Coding Standards: 3.2.0
• Plugin Check (PCP): 1.6.0
• SonarCloud Code Review
• Amplify Code Check

Previous versions

If you want to see the full changelog, visit the changelog.txt file.