Vladimir Marusic

<p>Maroon Horizon Smart Firewall is built for practical WordPress protection: block bad traffic, scan for malware, quarantine suspicious files, and reduce attack surface — without sending your site files off-server.</p>
<p>Advanced Security Check (Quick Scan) gives you an easy-to-understand Overall Security Rating, plus clear details and explanations for each check so you can quickly see what to improve and raise your security level.</p>
<p>This WordPress.org (FREE) build is fully functional for the FREE feature set and is designed to run locally for those features. Advanced capabilities are provided by a separate commercial PRO plugin (not included in this WordPress.org build).</p>
<p>Outbound network requests (if any) are disclosed under “External Services” and “Privacy”.</p>
<h4>What you get in the FREE plugin (local-only)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Advanced Security Check (Quick Scan) with an Overall Security Rating and easy-to-follow explanations so you can improve your security level step by step.</li>
<li>Manual IP blocking and IP management.</li>
<li>Security patch toggles for common hardening actions.</li>
<li>Malware scanning of uploads and theme directories using local pattern detection (no external signatures).</li>
<li>Quarantine management (restore / delete quarantined files).</li>
<li>Quick file integrity checks (where supported in the FREE workflow).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Local-first design (privacy & control)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Malware scans run on your server.</li>
<li>Scanned file contents are not uploaded by the plugin.</li>
<li>External requests (if any) are limited and disclosed below.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who it’s for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Site owners who want simple, practical protection without complex configuration.</li>
<li>Agencies and developers who need a clean hardening + scanning toolkit.</li>
<li>Anyone who wants a transparent FREE build, with an optional PRO upgrade path.</li>
</ul>
<h4>PRO features (separate commercial plugin, optional)</h4>
<ul>
<li>AI-Powered Threat Feed (encrypted subnet feed) and automatic sync.</li>
<li>Real-Time AI Threat Detection (AI model signatures).</li>
<li>AI-Powered Deep Scan and scheduled email reports.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Commercial PRO plugin</h4>
<p>The PRO edition is a separate commercial plugin (not included in this WordPress.org build).<br />
Learn more: <a href="https://mh.ie/maroon-horizon-smart-firewall/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://mh.ie/maroon-horizon-smart-firewall/</a></p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin may perform outbound network requests in the following cases:</p>
<p>1) WordPress.org Core Checksums API (FREE: Core Integrity Scan)<br />
* Service provider: WordPress.org<br />
* Endpoint: https://api.wordpress.org/core/checksums/1.0/<br />
* When: Only when you manually run the Core Integrity Scan from Maroon Horizon -> Scanner.<br />
* Data sent: WordPress version and locale via URL query parameters. Your server IP address is inherently shared as part of the HTTPS request.<br />
* Data received: Official JSON containing WordPress core file checksums, used to verify your local core files. No site files or content are uploaded.<br />
* Privacy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/</p>
<p>2) Freemius (optional: licensing, updates, opt-in telemetry)<br />
* Service provider: Freemius (freemius.com)<br />
* When: Only if you opt in to Freemius (for example, to manage licensing and receive updates).<br />
* Data sent: Technical information required for licensing and updates (and, if you opt in, diagnostic/usage metadata), as described by Freemius.<br />
* Data received: License status and update metadata needed to deliver plugin updates.<br />
* Terms: https://freemius.com/terms/<br />
* Privacy: https://freemius.com/privacy/</p>
<p>3) Maroon Horizon service (mh.ie) (PRO only: encrypted threat-feed / AI signature bundles)<br />
* Service provider: Maroon Horizon Ltd – <a href="https://mh.ie" rel="nofollow ugc">https://mh.ie</a><br />
* When: Only in the separate PRO plugin, when you use PRO features that require server-side data (e.g., Threat Feed sync / AI signature updates).<br />
* Data sent: Site URL, install ID, product/plan identifiers, license identifiers/keys, plugin/WP/PHP versions, plus standard HTTPS request metadata (including your server IP).<br />
* Data received: A JSON response containing metadata and a time-limited download URL, followed by encrypted bundles used by the PRO engine. No site files or content are uploaded.<br />
* Terms: https://mh.ie/terms<br />
* Privacy: https://mh.ie/privacy-policy</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Maroon Horizon Smart Firewall is designed to minimize data sharing.</p>
<ul>
<li>Most FREE features run locally and do not transmit your site content.</li>
<li>Malware scanning runs locally on your server; scanned file contents are not uploaded by the plugin.</li>
<li>Any outbound requests (and the data exchanged) are disclosed in the “External Services” section above.</li>
<li>PRO-only services are not included in this WordPress.org build.</li>
</ul>


Maroon Horizon Smart Firewall – Malware Scanner & IP Blocking

Firewall, malware scan & IP blocking for WordPress, with Quick Scan Overall Security Rating, hardening, quarantine and integrity checks. PRO adds AI.

Patrick Schlesinger

<p>ReportedIP Hive Light protects WordPress logins against brute-force and password-spray attacks. It is intentionally focused: a per-IP attempt counter, a progressive block ladder, and an optional community lookup. No bloat, no dashboards, no upsell.</p>
<p><strong>Two operating modes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Local Shield (default).</strong> Counts failed logins per IP and blocks attackers based on configurable thresholds. The plugin makes zero outbound network requests in this mode — all data stays on your server.</li>
<li><strong>Community Network (optional).</strong> When you enter a free Community Access Key from reportedip.de, the plugin additionally checks the source IP against the reportedip.de community database during login attempts and shares blocked IPs back to the community. Both calls are clearly disclosed in the settings UI.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How it works</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>wp_login_failed</code> increments a per-IP counter using an atomic upsert (no race conditions under concurrent attacks).</li>
<li>When the counter exceeds your threshold, the IP is blocked for a duration drawn from a progressive ladder (5 min <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 15 min <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 30 min <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 24 h <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 48 h <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 7 days).</li>
<li><code>wp_authenticate_user</code> short-circuits known-bad IPs before the WordPress core authentication runs.</li>
<li>Cache plugins (WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed) are honoured via the HTTP 403 status plus explicit <code>Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0</code> and <code>Pragma: no-cache</code> headers on the block page.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Privacy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>IP addresses are processed for the legitimate purpose of network security (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).</li>
<li>Usernames are stored only as a SHA-256 hash, salted with <code>wp_salt()</code>. Plain-text usernames are never persisted or transmitted.</li>
<li>In Local Shield mode, no data leaves your server. In Community Network mode, only the IP, hashed username, event type, and timestamp are sent — no domain, no contact details, no traffic data.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>For developers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Filters: <code>reportedip_hive_is_whitelisted</code>, <code>reportedip_hive_get_client_ip</code>, <code>reportedip_hive_event_category_map</code>, <code>reportedip_hive_api_endpoint</code>.</li>
<li>Actions: <code>reportedip_hive_log</code>, <code>reportedip_hive_ip_blocked</code>, <code>reportedip_hive_report_queued</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>A free Community Access Key is available at reportedip.de. The plugin works without one in Local Shield mode.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can connect to the ReportedIP API at <code>https://reportedip.de</code>. All<br />
external requests are <strong>opt-in only</strong> — they are made exclusively when (a) a<br />
“Community Access Key” has been entered in the plugin settings and (b) the<br />
“Operation Mode” is set to “Community Network”. The default mode is “Local<br />
Shield”, which performs zero external requests.</p>
<h4>Endpoint 1: IP-reputation lookup</h4>
<ul>
<li>URL: <code>https://reportedip.de/wp-json/reportedip/v2/check?ip={ip}</code></li>
<li>HTTP verb: GET</li>
<li>Auth header: <code>X-Key: {your-access-key}</code></li>
<li>Trigger: a login attempt reaches <code>wp_authenticate_user</code></li>
<li>Timeout: 2 seconds (fail-open — login proceeds when the API does not respond)</li>
<li>Data sent: only the source IP address of the current login attempt</li>
<li>Data NOT sent: usernames, passwords, cookies, server identifiers, domain name</li>
</ul>
<h4>Endpoint 2: Blocked-IP report</h4>
<ul>
<li>URL: <code>https://reportedip.de/wp-json/reportedip/v2/report</code></li>
<li>HTTP verb: POST (JSON body)</li>
<li>Auth header: <code>X-Key: {your-access-key}</code></li>
<li>Trigger: a brute-force / spray threshold has been exceeded; the report is<br />
queued in the database and dispatched by a 15-minute cron job</li>
<li>Data sent: the offending IP, an integer category ID for the threat type,<br />
and a short human-readable comment (e.g. “5 failed logins in 15 minutes”)</li>
<li>Data NOT sent: usernames in plain text, passwords, full request bodies,<br />
domain name, contact information</li>
</ul>
<h4>Endpoint 3: Access-key verification</h4>
<ul>
<li>URL: <code>https://reportedip.de/wp-json/reportedip/v2/verify-key</code></li>
<li>HTTP verb: GET</li>
<li>Auth header: <code>X-Key: {entered-key}</code></li>
<li>Trigger: an administrator clicks “Test connection” in the plugin settings</li>
<li>Data sent: only the access key under verification</li>
</ul>
<h4>Hashing of submitted usernames</h4>
<p>When a brute-force attempt is detected and the failing username is recorded<br />
locally, the plugin stores <code>sha256( username + wp_salt() )</code> only — never the<br />
plain text. The salted hash is also what would be transmitted with a report,<br />
preventing recipients from recovering the original username.</p>
<h4>Service provider</h4>
<ul>
<li>Operator: Patrick Schlesinger, Germany</li>
<li>Service URL: <a href="https://reportedip.de" rel="nofollow ugc">reportedip.de</a></li>
<li>Legal notice (Impressum): <a href="https://reportedip.de/impressum/" rel="nofollow ugc">reportedip.de/impressum</a></li>
<li>Terms of use: <a href="https://reportedip.de/nutzungsbedingungen/" rel="nofollow ugc">reportedip.de/nutzungsbedingungen</a></li>
<li>Privacy policy: <a href="https://reportedip.de/datenschutzerklaerung/" rel="nofollow ugc">reportedip.de/datenschutzerklaerung</a></li>
<li>Source code: <a href="https://github.com/reportedip/reportedip-hive-light" rel="nofollow ugc">github.com/reportedip/reportedip-hive-light</a></li>
<li>Contact: <a href="mailto:1@reportedip.de" rel="nofollow ugc">1@reportedip.de</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You can switch back to Local Shield mode at any time in <em>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> ReportedIP<br />
Hive <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Connection</em>. Doing so stops all external traffic immediately.</p>
<h3>Bundled assets</h3>
<p>This plugin ships every stylesheet and script it needs inside the plugin<br />
folder. <strong>No CDN, no Google Fonts, no remote stylesheets, no remote scripts<br />
are loaded</strong> — every asset URL begins with the plugin’s own<br />
    wp-content/plugins/reportedip-hive/ path.</p>
<p>The full list of bundled, locally-served assets:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>assets/css/design-system.css</code> — design tokens and components used on<br />
every plugin admin page.</li>
<li><code>assets/css/admin.css</code> — admin-page overrides on top of the design<br />
system.</li>
<li><code>assets/css/wizard.css</code> — standalone styles for the first-run setup<br />
wizard.</li>
<li><code>assets/js/admin.js</code> — handles tab switching and the AJAX<br />
“Test connection” button. Its only network call is <code>fetch()</code> against<br />
WordPress’ own <code>admin-ajax.php</code> (same origin); no third-party endpoint<br />
is contacted.</li>
<li>Inline SVG icons (the shield logo, the menu icon, and trust-badge<br />
glyphs) are emitted from PHP via <code>wp_kses()</code> with an explicit allow-list<br />
— no <code><img></code> element points at an external host.</li>
</ul>
<p>The complete list of files distributed in the WordPress.org ZIP is<br />
visible at <em>Plugins <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Plugin File Editor</em> once the plugin is installed.</p>
<h3>Third-party services and licences</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>GPLv2 (or later) licence text</strong> is bundled with the plugin in the<br />
  LICENSE file at the plugin root and is also referenced from the<br />
plugin header (<code>License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</code>).</li>
<li><strong>No third-party PHP, JavaScript, or CSS libraries are bundled</strong> with<br />
the plugin. There is no Composer <code>vendor/</code> directory, no jQuery copy,<br />
no minified third-party bundle. WordPress itself supplies any global<br />
scripts (<code>jquery</code>, <code>wp-list-table</code>, etc.) and the plugin only depends<br />
on WordPress core APIs.</li>
<li>The only external HTTP service the plugin can talk to is the<br />
  https://reportedip.de/wp-json/reportedip/v2/ API, and only when the<br />
administrator has explicitly enabled Community Network mode — see<br />
the “External services” section above for the full data flow.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<ul>
<li>IP addresses are processed under GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) (legitimate interest in network security).</li>
<li>Usernames are stored as a salted SHA-256 hash; plain-text values are never persisted or transmitted.</li>
<li>In Local Shield mode (default) no data leaves your server.</li>
<li>In Community Network mode the data listed above is sent to reportedip.de.</li>
<li>Data retention is configurable in <em>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Privacy</em>. The default attempt window is 15 minutes; the API queue retention is 7 days.</li>
<li>Activate “Delete all data on uninstall” in <em>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Privacy</em> to remove all plugin tables and options when the plugin is deleted.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Disclaimer</h3>
<p>ReportedIP Hive Light is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or<br />
implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness<br />
for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. The author shall not be liable<br />
for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from the use of this<br />
software (this is the standard GPLv2-or-later disclaimer; see the LICENSE<br />
file for the full text).</p>
<p>The plugin provides defense-in-depth against brute-force and password-spray<br />
login attacks. It does <strong>not</strong> replace strong passwords, two-factor<br />
authentication, server-level firewalls, or web-application firewalls. No<br />
single security measure offers a 100 % guarantee against compromise. You<br />
remain responsible for the overall security posture of your WordPress site.</p>
<p>The optional Community Network mode forwards data to the third-party service<br />
operated at https://reportedip.de — see the “External services” section<br />
above for the full data flow. Site operators that enable Community Network<br />
mode are responsible for assessing the lawful basis under their applicable<br />
data-protection regime (in the EU, GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest<br />
in network security — typically applies) and for updating their own privacy<br />
policy accordingly.</p>


ReportedIP Hive Light

Lightweight brute-force login protection with optional community-powered IP reputation checks.

Maroon Horizon Smart Firewall – Malware Scanner & IP Blocking vs ReportedIP Hive Light