Hello,
The vulnerability was found in the full version of wpDataTables v3.4.1, so all premium versions before that can be affected.
Lite version does not have these functionalities (such as SQL based tables), so Lite version was never affected.
Those reports are not related to the Lite version, but they can be reported in the lite version because the resources where this information about themes or plugins vulnerabilities are stored are generated by the theme or the plugin slug.
Those slugs are the same in both lite and the full version, and because of that, you get those notifications. The important thing is that there’s nothing to worry about. Newer versions of the wpDataTable premium don’t have these issues, ( the latest one is 5.5) and Lite versions never did. Unfortunately, until wpDataTables Lite goes above version 3.4.2 these reports will indicate a false positive.
The lite and the full version have the same slug (wpdatatables), and that’s why the security plugins can’t differentiate between the versions.
I hope this helps, do let us know if you need any further assistance.
Kind regards.
Thanks for,the prompt and detailed reply.
I like the plugin and my client has agreed to buying the premium version but it’s already concerning. The tables are created and the shortcodes are placed in the blocks but the tables are not showing on the frontend. They showed for a few days but totally disappeared
Hello.
Firstly, our apology for the waiting time on this reply.
We had our Orthodox Easter holiday break which increased the delay.
Thank you very much for your patience.
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Since you’re using the Premium version of the plugin at this point,
please open a ticket on our main Support platform here and one of our Agents will respond you as quickly as possible.
Premium products are not supported in these forums, as per this comment by WordPress.org moderators.
If you don’t have an active licence, you can open a ticket in the “Pre-Purchase” section,
or simply click on this link; that way, it will not ask you for the Premium code.
Our Agents will respond with highest urgency and they will ask you additional details in order to provide a solution as effective as possible. Thank you.
