WP HealthKit's independent audit rates PowerSEC overall risk as CRITICAL with a report-card grade of D.

How many vulnerabilities does PowerSEC have?

The audit found 2160 findings: 23 critical, 139 high, 111 medium severity.

Should I use PowerSEC?

Based on the latest audit (grade D, risk CRITICAL), review the 2160 findings on this page before deciding — higher-risk findings should be weighed against the plugin's alternatives.

PowerSEC

Audited at release

v1.4.230WordPress PluginAudited 9 days ago

Firewall, login hardening, malware scanning, file-integrity monitoring, audit log, backups. Optional cloud backup and management.

CRITICAL

Total Findings

2160

Security Grade

Security Findings

2160

Critical23

High139

Medium111

Low1546

Info341

Executive Summary

Is PowerSEC secure? In WP HealthKit's independent 2026 audit, PowerSEC received an overall risk of CRITICAL and a report-card grade of D across 2160 findings (23 critical, 139 high severity).

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PHP Compatibility

Requires PHP 8.5Declared minimum: 7.4Mismatch detected

Categories with Findings

compatibilityPHP CompatibilityMalware & Nulled PluginPerformanceDatabaseGDPRPlugin LifecycleCoding StandardsPHP CompatibilityType SafetyWordPress CompatibilityPlugin ConflictsHook WiringAccessibilityMultisiteSecurityTheme StandardsUpdate SafetyDependencies

Plugin Info

Audit Count: 1
Type: plugin

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