{"id":19023409,"date":"2026-09-18T12:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/unpatched-security-issues-warning\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:16:52","slug":"unpatched-security-issues-warning","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/unpatched-security-issues-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unpatched Security Issues&#8217; warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overnight, our security plugin suddenly warned us to deactivate and delete the Smart COD plugin (1.8.4) with the following explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Issue details: This plugin has been removed from wordpress.org but is still installed on your site.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Potential risk: This plugin has unpatched security issues and may not work with your current WordPress version.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Recommendation: Deactivate plugin &amp; delete to stay secure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please advise on when you will be able to address this issue? We would appreciate an urgent response. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-19023409","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19023409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19023409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19023409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}