WPVulnerability WordPress plugin

This plugin taps into the power of the free and unlimited WordPress Vulnerability Database API to deliver vulnerability assessments directly within your WordPress dashboard. It’s an essential tool for website administrators, developers, and anyone keen on maintaining a secure WordPress environment.

Secure your WordPress experience today, your first line of defense against vulnerabilities!

Table of Contents

• WPVulnerability 3.4.0
  • Compatibility
  • Tests
  • Changelog
    • [3.4.0] – 2024-08-16
    • [3.3.5] – 2024-08-14
    • [3.3.4] – 2024-08-12
• Using the plugin
  • WP-CLI
  • REST API
    • Authentication
  • Configurations
    • From mail
• Security
• Privacy
• Vulnerabilities
• Contributors

Using the plugin

WP-CLI

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

• wp wpvulnerability core: Displays Core vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability plugins: Displays Plugins vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability themes: Displays Themes vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability php: Displays PHP vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability apache: Displays Apache HTTPD vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability nginx: Displays nginx vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability mariadb: Displays MariaDB vulnerabilities.
• wp wpvulnerability mysql: Displays MySQL vulnerabilities.

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.

• /wpvulnerability/v1/core: Fetches Core vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/plugins: Fetches Plugins vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/themes: Fetches Themes vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/php: Fetches PHP vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/apache: Fetches Apache HTTPD vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/nginx: Fetches nginx vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/mariadb: Fetches MariaDB vulnerabilities.
• /wpvulnerability/v1/mysql: Fetches MySQL vulnerabilities.

Authentication

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.

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' );

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 3.4.5.

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.