Title: False positive: checking the wrong version
Last modified: August 27, 2025

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# False positive: checking the wrong version

 *  Resolved [pixelyzed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelyzed/)
 * (@pixelyzed)
 * [9 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-checking-the-wrong-version/)
 * Hi,
 * On a site I maintain I’ve had a notification for a while for a seemingly vulnerable
   plugin but that is a mistake. Your plugin is flagging **Premium Addons PRO** (
   for Elementor) plugin as vulnerable as that is on version 2.9.43 and you are 
   comparing that number to the free version’s version number (also installed, both
   need to be) saying it had a vulnerability in version 4.10.23. I actually have
   the free updated to 4.11.30. 
   Your plugin needs to take both free and Pro versions
   of the plugin into account when checking versions. As far as I know, neither 
   currently up to date versions are vulnerable right now but your plugin is comparing
   the Pro version number (2.9.43) to the much higher free version number that was
   vulnerable (4.10.23). You need to fix that.Thanks,

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 *  Plugin Author [Lars Koudal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lkoudal/)
 * (@lkoudal)
 * [4 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-checking-the-wrong-version/#post-18793771)
 * This has been fixed a while ago, there was a discrepancy in our database in regards
   to the plugin slug that created the warning you reported about. Thank you for
   the warning 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Lars Koudal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lkoudal/)
 * Last activity: [4 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-positive-checking-the-wrong-version/#post-18793771)
 * Status: resolved