PLUGIN SECURITY
Is Advanced Database Cleaner safe?
Clean database by deleting orphaned data such as 'revisions', 'expired transients', optimize database and more...
What this plugin does
- Slug:
advanced-database-cleaner - Author: Younes JFR.
- 100000+ active installs
- 98/100 rating (1950 reviews on wordpress.org)
- 2970088 all-time downloads
- On WordPress.org since 2015-09-18
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Maintenance status
- Latest known version: 4.2.0
- Last updated: 2026-08-20 7:35pm GMT
- Tested up to WordPress: 7.1
- Requires PHP: 7.0+
- Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4
Known vulnerabilities
8 known CVEs on file for Advanced Database Cleaner. Reported between 2020 and 2025.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-64357 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.1.7 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 4.3 | < 3.1.7 | 3.1.7 | 2025-10-30 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2025-11497 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.1.7 | Improper Input Validation | Medium 4.3 | < 3.1.7 | 3.1.7 | 2025-10-24 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-0668 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.1.4 | Deserialization of Untrusted Data | High 7.2 | < 3.1.4 | 3.1.4 | 2024-01-24 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2023-49764 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.1.3 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | High 7.6 | < 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | 2023-12-04 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2022-46813 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.1.2 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 4.3 | < 3.1.2 | 3.1.2 | 2023-02-21 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2022-2173 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.1.1 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 3.1.1 | 3.1.1 | 2022-06-27 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2021-24921 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.0.4 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 3.0.4 | 3.0.4 | 2022-01-24 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2021-24141 | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.0.2 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | High 7.2 | < 3.0.2 | 3.0.2 | 2020-09-06 | ✓ fixed in latest |
+ 1 more known vulnerability
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance [advanced-database-cleaner] < 3.0.2 | — | Unknown | < 3.0.2 | 3.0.2 | 2020-09-06 | ✓ fixed in latest |
How to fix it
Keep Advanced Database Cleaner updated — 4.2.0 is the latest version on wordpress.org, and each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in").
This is the plugin's full known vulnerability history, not a scan of any specific installation — run a free scan of your own site to check your exact installed version.
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