• Resolved Mariette

    (@mariettej)


    Hi

    After the recent security alert from Wordfence I switched from the Premium to free version of the plugin but I am still receiving vulnerability alerts. I understand that this could be because both plugins have the same name but I just wanted to double check that the vulnerability will not have been left in the database as a hangover from the now-uninstalled premium installation.

    Thanks for confirming.

    Mariette

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  • Plugin Author wpDataTables

    (@wpdatatables)

    Hello Mariette,
    Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delayed response as we have been experiencing an unusually high number of tickets. I am sorry that it has taken longer than usual to respond to your concern and your patience is highly appreciated.

    1. In regards to the premium version of the Plugin, our developers quickly fixed any kind of vulnerabilities with the latest updates – so you must have had an old version installed.
    The solution is to simply update to the latest version – you can always check the latest premium versions on our ChangeLog Page;
    If you have any additional questions about the premium version, please open a ticket on our?main Support platform here, and one of our Agents will respond as quickly as possible.

    If you don’t have a licence (or if it expired), please open a pre-purchase ticket which doesn’t require a purchase code.

    Premium products are not supported in these forums, as per this comment by www.remarpro.com moderators.


    2. In regards to the Lite version :
    The?Lite?version does not have these functionalities (such as SQL based tables), so Lite version was never affected.
    (For example, the Security Plugins tagged older premium versions for an SQL injection vulnerability, and the Lite Plugin does not have those functionalities)
    The free and full versions of our plugin share the same slug name, which is why the security plugins are unable to differentiate between them.

    As?Lite?users, you don’t have to worry. If you’re?commercial?users, you will need to update the plugin to the latest version where we fixed all the vulnerability issues, but we also recommend keeping the plugin updated to the latest version as older versions are not supported, and should be used for testing purposes only.

    Kind regards.

    Thread Starter Mariette

    (@mariettej)

    Hi. Thanks for the detailed response but my question was specifically to check whether, in switching from premium to lite, the vulnerability could have been left in the database as a hangover from the now-uninstalled premium installation. Thanks

    Plugin Author wpDataTables

    (@wpdatatables)

    Hello,
    My apology, we did not understand that at first, thank you for clarifying.
    Yes, we can confirm it will be absolutely safe in that case.
    When you uninstalled the premium version, then installed the free/Lite version – the vulnerability issues are not going to affect your installation, because all those premium functionalities are now disabled on the Lite installation.
    Thank you.

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