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BuddyPress Global Search Vulnerability issue

varunkamani
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@varunkamani

6 hours, 50 minutes ago

Recently, the WordFence plugin has been giving me a “critical” error message of:

The Plugin “BuddyPress Global Search” has been removed from wordpress.org but is still installed on your site.
Type: Vulnerability Scan

Is “BuddyPress Global Search” part of the “core” BuddyPress code now? Can I safely remove it?Currently, the site is using global search functionality. If I remove it, the feature might break. How can I fix this issue without causing any disruptions?

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GyziieDK
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@dreampixel

4 hours, 30 minutes ago

BuddyPress Global Search is a separate plugin that enables you to use some better search-functions. This plugin has been abandoned for a while and could be a security risk on your site. A lot of people still use it – what version do you have of the plugin?

You could just “ignore” the warning within your WordFence control panel, since you already know having this plugin is in itself a risk to your site.

GyziieDK
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@dreampixel

4 hours, 26 minutes ago

The latest version I’ve been able to find (and use myself) is the 1.2.1 version – also have this as local copy if your version is older than this and needs an update.

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