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What happens you resolve a security vulnerability

Last updated: December 12, 2024

Resolving security vulnerabilities typically involve you updating the affected core version, plugin or theme to the latest version.

When you do this, a few things will happen:

The vulnerability will disappear from the Vulnerabilities screen

In the Website Area > WordPress > Vulnerabilities screen, you’ll see a list of all current security vulnerabilities for that website.

screenshot of glow showing security vulnerabilities present on a website

When you resolve a vulnerability, it will disappear from this screen.

The number of vulnerabilities on the Websites screen will decrease

On the Websites screen in the main left hand menu, you’ll see various data points for each website on the right side of your screen.

The data point with the padlock icon indicates the number of security vulnerabilities currently present on that website.

Whenever you resolve a vulnerability, this number next to the padlock icon will decrease.

screenshot of the websites screen in glow, highlight the column of data related to security vulnerabilities

It’ll get recorded to Timeline

Timeline keeps a record of activity for each website in your account.

Whenever you resolve a vulnerability, it’ll get recorded to Timeline for that website.

screenshot of the timeline feature in glow, showing confirmation of a resolved security vulnerability

It’ll show in client reports

As long as you include the Security section in your client reports, all resolved vulnerabilities will appear and be displayed to your client.

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