Vendor version schemes trigger false alerts
Version numbers that differ from the vendor's scheme trigger false vulnerability warnings for patched plugins and themes.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 27 November 2024 · last reported 18 August 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners report false vulnerability warnings for plugins and themes whose version numbers differ from the upstream vulnerability data.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
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- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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