Title: Phantom vulnerability
Last modified: April 26, 2026

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# Phantom vulnerability

 *  Resolved [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/)
 * (@sephage)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phantom-vulnerability/)
 * I am seeing a notification on the dashboard regarding a Medium level vulnerability:“
   You have 1 medium-risk vulnerability Please take appropriate action.”
 * However, when viewing the Vulnerability scan results, no vulnerabilities appear,
   just the message “No vulnerabilities found for the current filters” (but no filters
   have been applied).

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 *  Plugin Support [Jarno Vos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarnovos/)
 * (@jarnovos)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phantom-vulnerability/#post-18892768)
 * Hi [@sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/),
 * This particular notice could persist for a brief moment even after updating the
   vulnerable component (e.g., theme/plugin) to a patched version.
 * As it has been a few days by now, could you let me know whether you still experience
   this issue?
 * The “Vulnerability scan results” section will show you any issues that are actually
   still applicable at this moment, so if this list remains empty; you’re good to
   go.
 * Kind regards, Jarno
 *  Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/)
 * (@sephage)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phantom-vulnerability/#post-18894814)
 * thanks, the alert is gone now
    -  This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/).

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 * Last reply from: [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/)
 * Last activity: [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phantom-vulnerability/#post-18894814)
 * Status: resolved