Upgrade WPCS to 3.4.1 and PHPCS to 3.13 - #79
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WPCS 2.x is affected by CVE-2026-45293 (arbitrary code execution via eval() in the EnqueuedResourceParameters sniff). Upgrade to the fixed 3.4.1 release, which requires PHPCS >= 3.13 and PHP >= 8.0, so drop PHP 7.4 from the CI matrix. WPCS 3 moves the short-array sniff from Generic to Universal, so update the ruleset exclusion, and fix the new sniff violations surfaced by the upgraded standard (elseif, __DIR__, class closing brace). Composer lockfiles are not committed for composer/installers plugin projects; composer.lock stays gitignored. Co-authored-by: CommandCodeBot <noreply@commandcode.ai>
WPCS 3.4.1 pulls in phpcsstandards/phpcsextra and phpcsstandards/phpcsutils as dependencies for its Universal, NormalizedArrays, Modernize, and PHPCSUtils sniffs. The post-install-cmd/post-update-cmd scripts hardcoded PHPCS's installed_paths to only vendor/wp-coding-standards/wpcs, which overwrote the paths that dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer already auto-configures for every installed standard, so those sniffs could not be found and phpcs exited with code 3 in CI. Removing the scripts lets the installer plugin's auto-configuration take over, which includes all installed standards' paths.
WPCS 3.4.1 adds the Universal.NamingConventions.NoReservedKeywordParameterNames sniff, which flags $default in Access_Token::get_meta() since `default` is a reserved keyword. Renamed to $default_value. Also removed the unused $args parameter from Authorization_Code::validate() — Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter flagged it, and grepping the codebase confirms no interface or caller relies on it. phpcs now exits 0 instead of 1, which was failing CI even though these were only warnings, not errors.
GitHub Actions runners now log a deprecation warning on every job because actions/checkout@v4 and actions/cache@v4 still target Node 20, which GitHub is retiring. Bumping to actions/checkout@v7 and actions/cache@v6 (both node24) removes the warning; no config changes were needed for either action.
Upgrade WPCS to 3.4.1 and PHPCS to 3.13
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@joehoyle initial bit of maintenance it'd be good to land before the PKCE stuff as it'll ship a load more tests and ideally we can just require more recent PHP versions and latest PHPUnit etc... |
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Summary
Upgrades the dev toolchain to clear a Composer security advisory that currently blocks every CI job on this repo.
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wp-coding-standards/wpcs:^2.1.1→^3.4.1(fixes CVE-2026-45293 — arbitrary code execution viaeval()in theWordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameterssniff, High / CVSS 8.6)squizlabs/php_codesniffer:^3.3.1→^3.13.1(required by WPCS 3)yoast/phpunit-polyfills:^1.1 || ^2.0→^2.0.phpcs.xml.distfor WPCS 3 (short-array sniff movedGeneric→Universal)elseifinclass-base.php,__DIR__inadmin/namespace.php, class closing brace inclass-implicit.phpinstalled_pathsoverride that broke PHPCS 3.x sniff discovery$defaultparam name)composer.lockgitignored (plugin project; lockfiles not committed)actions/checkoutandactions/cacheto Node 24 releasesValidation
vendor/bin/phpcs: clean (0 errors)@joehoyle could you take a look?