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<p>This plugin determines whether any of your plugins or themes have security vulnerabilities.  It does this by looking up details in the WPScan Vulnerability Database.</p>
<p>It will run a scan once a day, and e-mail the administrator if any vulnerable plugins or themes are found.</p>
<p><em>Please note:</em> As from version 2.0.0, you will need to <a href="https://wpvulndb.com/users/sign_up" rel="nofollow ugc">register on the WPScan Vulnerability Database</a> site in order to get an API token.  This token is required before any security scans can be performed.  Once you have your token, it can be added to the Plugin Security Scanner settings page.</p>
<p>You can also register a webhook for notifications. The webhook will trigger daily, even if no vulnerabilities found. The webhook is a post request, with JSON payload containing the vulnerabilities.</p>
<p>You can enable the webhook under Settings\General tab – see the Plugin Security Scanner settings.</p>
<p>It also adds a new menu option to the admin tools menu called “Plugin Security Scanner”.  Clicking this runs a scan.  If the scan finds any problems, it shows you a list of plugins or themes that have vulnerabilities, along with a description of the issue.</p>
<p>The WPScan Vulnerability Database API, which this plugin uses, is free for non-commercial use. However, any commercial usage will require that you purchase a commercial license from WPScan. If you are using the API for your own site then you will not need a commercial license. However, if you are a hosting company and install the plugin systematically across all of your clients sites, then you will need to purchase a commercial license. If you are making heavy use of the API, it is likely that you will need to purchase a commercial license. To enquire about a commercial license, please contact team@wpvulndb.com</p>
<p>Icons made by <a href="http://www.flaticon.com/authors/alessio-atzeni" title="Alessio Atzeni" rel="nofollow ugc">Alessio Atzeni</a> from <a href="http://www.flaticon.com" title="Flaticon" rel="nofollow ugc">www.flaticon.com</a> is licensed by <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" title="Creative Commons BY 3.0" rel="nofollow ugc">CC BY 3.0</a></p>


Plugin Security Scanner

Slow to check because the API service works only one plugin at a time, but good enough. Could show the vulnerabilities found direct on Plugins page.



Could also check WP version

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

Malcure Web Security

cybermalcure

Malware Intercept

<h3>Malcure Security</h3>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<p>Protect your WordPress site from hacks and downtime.</p>
<p>Malcure Security Suite is a fast, lightweight, cloud-connected security platform for WordPress. It performs deep server-side scans (files + database) to catch malware and unauthorized changes, allows you to monitor login activity, enables a site-wide forced re-login after incidents, and sends email alerts of incidents upon scan. Built for commercial workloads—WooCommerce stores, memberships, LMS, bookings, directories, and multi-vendor marketplaces—it plays nicely with caching/CDNs and won’t get in the way of checkout, lessons, or bookings.</p>
<h3>What Malcure Security Suite Focuses On</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Detect:</strong> Deep server-side malware scans (files + database), integrity/diff checks, and vulnerabilities.</li>
<li><strong>Control:</strong> Session analytics (user/IP/device), Emergency Logout (everyone except you), rotate auth keys & salts to invalidate tokens, and force site-wide re-login post-incident. Compatible with 2FA/SSO.</li>
<li><strong>Report:</strong> Clear, actionable summaries with exact file paths and reasons, email alerts with next steps, and audit-friendly logs for teams and compliance (coming-soon).</li>
<li><strong>Logging:</strong> Event logs with identifiable and traceable details.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works (SaaS)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Secure Handshake: Your site authenticates with Malcure and pulls fresh threat intelligence (signatures, heuristics, rules and analysis).</li>
<li>Local-first scanning: Scans your files and database in the background.</li>
<li>Severity-ranked results: Findings are grouped by Critical/High/Medium/Low with exact specs, the reason they were flagged, and one-click actions plus email alerts and audit-ready logs.</li>
<li>Graceful: If the cloud is temporarily unreachable, Malcure Security Suite continues with last-known rules and logs locally until it reconnects.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Deep server-side malware scans (files + database) using tuned signatures + heuristics.</li>
<li>Background scanning so long runs finish reliably on large sites.</li>
<li>Low overhead by design; preserves Core Web Vitals and optimized to minimize impact on site speed</li>
<li>Session management: see who’s logged in, from where.</li>
<li>Emergency Logout: one-click sign-out (everyone except you); rotate auth keys & salts to invalidate sessions.</li>
<li>Robust Event Monitor.</li>
<li>Optimal Dark Mode.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Signature + heuristic detection for obfuscated/injected PHP/JS (backdoor/web-shell traits).</li>
<li>Database scan of options, postmeta, posts, and comments for malicious payloads.</li>
<li>Email notifications for critical events and scan results</li>
<li>Security status panel (permissions, environment)</li>
<li>Compatible with WooCommerce, LearnDash/TutorLMS, MemberPress/PMP, major booking/event plugins, WPML/Polylang, Elementor/Divi/Block Editor, and caching/CDNs (LiteSpeed Cache, WP Rocket, NGINX FastCGI, Cloudflare).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Premium (Pro)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Scheduled scans (daily/weekly/monthly) with summary emails.</li>
<li>WP-CLI automation for headless/CI workflows and cron.</li>
<li>Priority support with accelerated SLAs.</li>
</ul>


Malcure Security Suite

🔐 All-in-one WordPress security: malware scanner (files+DB), force re-login, force logout, control logins, email-alerts. Cloud-based, light & fast.

Plugin Security Scanner vs Malcure Security Suite