Is "Virtual Robots.txt" safe?
WordPress Plugin security and safety information.
Rating: Good (current version safe)
Recommendations
Virtual Robots.txt: Plugin Details
| Type: | Plugin |
| Author: | Marios Alexandrou |
| URL: | https://wordpress.org/plugins/pc-robotstxt/ |
| Latest Version: | 1.10 |
Virtual Robots.txt: Security Information
| Insecure versions: | Up To 1.9 |
| Known since: | 2021-04-01 09:49:43 |
| Description: | Versions before 1.10 of the Virtual Robots.txt plugin did not sanitize the content of the robots.txt field, leading to a authenticated stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. It requires a high privilege user (admin+) to be exploited. |
Virtual Robots.txt: Safety Recommendations
We have rated Virtual Robots.txt as Good (current version safe) which means that we have found vulnerabilities in older versions.
We recommend that you only use the latest version of Virtual Robots.txt.
Virtual Robots.txt: Staying Up-to-date
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About this information
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