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Pura Vida Vulnerability Scanner checks everything installed on your site, including plugins, themes and WordPress core, against the Wordfence Intelligence vulnerability database, audits your site’s security posture, and shows you exactly what is at risk and how to fix it.
It does not invent findings. It correlates your installed software and configuration against authoritative public sources (Wordfence Intelligence, CVE/MITRE, the WordPress.org update channel) and live checks of your own server.
Security overview
The dashboard opens with an at-a-glance status table covering:
<ul>
<li>WordPress Version: OK / Warning</li>
<li>Vulnerable Plugins: OK / Critical / High / Medium</li>
<li>Missing Headers: Present / Missing / N/A (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy)</li>
<li>SSL: Valid / Expiring soon / Expired / N/A (certificate expiry)</li>
<li>DNS: OK / Issues / N/A</li>
<li>Email Security: SPF and DMARC (DKIM is selector-specific)</li>
<li>CDN/WAF: Detected / Not detected / N/A</li>
</ul>
What it does
<ul>
<li>Inventories every installed plugin, theme and the WordPress core version.</li>
<li>Matches each item and version against a continuously updated vulnerability feed.</li>
<li>Shows severity (CVSS), the CVE identifier, a description and the recommended fix for every finding.</li>
<li>Audits your configuration and lists prioritized hardening recommendations (2FA, updates, HTTPS, file editor, and more).</li>
<li>Optional scheduled scans with email alerts when new critical/high issues appear.</li>
</ul>
Data sources
<ul>
<li>Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Data Feed: free for personal and commercial use; includes CVE (MITRE) and CVSS information.</li>
<li>CVE (MITRE Corporation): the canonical vulnerability identifiers.</li>
<li>WordPress.org update channel: available core, plugin and theme updates.</li>
<li>Live site checks performed by the plugin: HTTP headers, SSL, DNS, SPF/DMARC and CDN/WAF.</li>
</ul>
This product includes data that may be copyrighted by Defiant Inc. (Wordfence Intelligence) and by the MITRE Corporation (CVE®); their notices are displayed alongside the relevant findings.
Developed by Pura Vida Design Studio, Open Source Security & Website Tools (https://puravidadesignstudio.com/).
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to one external service to function: the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Data Feed.
Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Data Feed (Defiant Inc.) 
This plugin downloads the public WordPress vulnerability database from Wordfence in order to match it against the plugins, themes and core version installed on your site.
<ul>
<li>What is sent: your Wordfence Intelligence API key (in the request Authorization header) and your site’s URL (in the request User-Agent header), sent to https://www.wordfence.com/. The list of plugins and themes installed on your site is NOT transmitted; matching is performed locally on your own server.</li>
<li>When it is sent: when you run a manual scan, and when a scheduled scan runs (about once per day). The downloaded database is cached locally for 24 hours so the service is contacted at most about once per day.</li>
<li>Service terms: https://www.wordfence.com/wordfence-intelligence-terms-and-conditions/</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
The plugin also performs read-only checks against your own site for the Security Overview: a loopback HTTP request to your own home URL (to inspect response headers and detect a CDN/WAF) and DNS lookups for your own domain (to check DNS resolution and SPF/DMARC records). These query your own domain and public DNS only; no data is sent to any third party.

Pura Vida Vulnerability Scanner

Scan your plugins, themes and WordPress core against trusted vulnerability databases and get a clear, prioritized security overview.

Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

This plugin helps safeguard your website against two common types of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities:
<ul>
<li>Reflected XSS: This happens when harmful scripts are hidden in a website’s URL. If a user clicks a link with such a script, it can run in their browser, potentially stealing their data or taking control of their system.</li>
<li>Self-XSS: This occurs when a user’s own input on your website is displayed back to them in an unsafe way, allowing malicious scripts to run in their browser.</li>
</ul>
This plugin provides several layers of protection:
Blocking: When active, the plugin checks URLs for specific characters. If it finds any of these characters in the URL, it redirects the user to prevent a potential XSS attack. You can customize which characters to block or allow.
<ul>
<li>Opening Round Bracket <code>(</code></li>
<li>Closing Round Bracket <code>)</code></li>
<li>Less than Sign <code><</code></li>
<li>Greater than Sign <code>></code></li>
<li>Opening Square Bracket <code>[</code></li>
<li>Closing Square Bracket <code>]</code></li>
<li>Opening Curly Bracket <code>{</code></li>
<li>Pipe or Vertical Bar <code>|</code></li>
<li>Closing Curly Bracket <code>}</code></li>
</ul>
Encoding: For an extra layer of security, the plugin encodes certain characters found in URL parameters. This stops harmful code from running, even if it’s present in the URL. You can also choose to exclude specific parameters from being encoded.
<ul>
<li>Exclamation Mark <code>!</code></li>
<li>Double Quotation <code>"</code></li>
<li>Single Quotation <code>'</code></li>
<li>Opening Round Bracket <code>(</code></li>
<li>Closing Round Bracket <code>)</code></li>
<li>Asterisk Sign <code>*</code></li>
<li>Less than Sign <code><</code></li>
<li>Greater than Sign <code>></code></li>
<li>Grave Accent “`</li>
<li>Cap Sign <code>^</code></li>
<li>Opening Square Bracket <code>[</code></li>
<li>Closing Square Bracket <code>]</code></li>
<li>Opening Curly Bracket <code>{</code></li>
<li>Pipe or Vertical Bar <code>|</code></li>
<li>Closing Curly Bracket <code>}</code></li>
</ul>
Escaping HTML in <code>$_GET</code>: This plugin automatically makes HTML characters safe within the <code>$_GET</code> variable. This is vital if your website pulls data from URLs and displays it as part of your web page. It helps prevent malicious scripts from being injected through user-provided input.
<h3>Important Notes:</h3>
<ul>
<li>After activating the plugin, thoroughly test your website forms, especially if you use WooCommerce. Make sure the plugin doesn’t interfere with your shopping cart and checkout processes.</li>
<li>We welcome bug reports for this plugin on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/samiahmedsiddiqui/prevent-xss-vulnerability/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/samiahmedsiddiqui/prevent-xss-vulnerability/issues</a>. Please remember that GitHub is for bug reports only, not general support.</li>
</ul>
By using this plugin and following these recommendations, you can significantly improve your website’s defense against XSS attacks.

Prevent XSS Vulnerability

Very useful plugin.

This WP plugin blocks XSS by encoding harmful URL characters & safely handling HTML in $_GET. Customizable settings for enhanced website security.

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