Title: Fatal Error on initial scan
Last modified: June 6, 2018

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# Fatal Error on initial scan

 *  [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * (@twd)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-initial-scan/)
 * Fatal error: cURL error 35: OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection
   to wpvulndb.com:443 in /home/mysite/public_html/test/v3/wp-content/plugins/plugin-
   security-scanner/plugin-security-scanner.php on line 244
 * Running PHP7 and WordPress 4.9.6
    Some paid plugins like Beaver Builder, BackupBuddy
   etc.
 * Second scan didn’t reproduce the error.

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 *  Plugin Author [Glen Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glen_scott/)
 * (@glen_scott)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-initial-scan/#post-10370138)
 * I’m tempted to put this down as a temporary connection issue between your server
   and the WPVulnDB server (wpvulndb.com).
 * I’ll leave this support topic open in case you experience it again.
 *  Thread Starter [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * (@twd)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-initial-scan/#post-10386214)
 * I installed successfully on a couple more websites.
 * But I tried installing this on website today.
    (this one running php 5.5)
 * First time I ran, I got this:
    Fatal error: cURL error 28: Operation timed out
   after 5000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received in /home/mysite/public_html/thissite.
   com/wp-content/plugins/plugin-security-scanner/plugin-security-scanner.php on
   line 215
 * After that, tried running a couple more times.
    Didn’t see an errors, but neither
   did I see anything else. The plugin just seemed to come to a stop. No error message
   and no results either.
 * It’s a shame, because I was really excited about using this plugin.

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 * Last reply from: [TWD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twd/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-initial-scan/#post-10386214)
 * Status: not resolved