by Glen Scott 4.9 (7 reviews)

Plugin Security Scanner

Name: Plugin Security Scanner
Rating: 4.9 (7 reviews)
Author: Glen Scott

This plugin alerts you if any of your plugins have security vulnerabilities. It does this by utilising the WPScan Vulnerability Database once a day.

Plugin Security Scanner ranks #7,802 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #497 of 4,499 in the Security category, a 4.9/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Aug 19, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.2 (Current: 7.1)

v2.0.2 Current Version v2.0.2

Updated 7 years ago Last Update on 19 Aug, 2019

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#497 of 4,499 in Security Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#7,802

-8 this week

Active Installs

700+

-10.3%

KW Avg Position

N/A

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Downloads

70K

+2 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (7 reviews)

Next Milestone 800

Total Progress 83%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

7 reviews

Overall 98%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Sep 22, 2025 UNPATCHED

Plugin Security Scanner [plugin-security-scanner] <= 2.0.2 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-57950 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.2
Last Updated: Aug 19, 2019
Requires WP: 0+
Tested Up To: 5.2
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Glen Scott

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 7
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who want to keep tabs on plugin and theme security. It scans installed plugins and themes against the WPScan Vulnerability Database and alerts the admin by email if vulnerabilities are found.