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 [on|off]
Notification email: wp wpvulnerability config email (comma separatted)
Notification period: wp wpvulnerability config period
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:

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.

WPVulnerability