Wordfence says a plugin needs an update, but it doesn’t

  • Resolved annaxt

    (@annaxt)


    2 years, 8 months ago

    You sent me an alert saying

    “Medium Severity Problems:
    * The Plugin “CAPTCHA 4WP (Premium)” needs an upgrade (7.0.4 -> 7.0.4).”

    which is a little strange in itself, as they are both the same versions, but also the version I have is already the latest: 7.0.4.

    I asked the developers at wp white security, they didn’t know and asked me to ask you.

    Very sorry if this is problem is already addressed in another thread, my native language isn’t either english or techspeak, so I might have missed it even though I searched.

    Kindly,
    Anna

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  • Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    Hi @annaxt,

    Sometimes it’s been known for a scan to start running around the same time as automatic/manual plugin updates are performed, so picks up the outdated plugins at the start but won’t realize plugins have been updated by the time it ends.

    On the free version of Wordfence, a quick scan runs every day, and a full scan runs every 72 hours. The quick scan does check for WPScan vulnerabilities and repository versions, but an updated repository status against your installed plugin list will not refresh until the next full scan is run manually or automatically. This may mean the notice of a modified plugin persists between scans.

    Let me know if this persists after around 48-72 hours when these updates have had a chance to happen and I can dig a little deeper.

    Peter.

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