Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Enhancement: Change Auto-Fix Behavior on Premium Plugins and Themes

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[Feature] Scan [Plugin] Protect Customer Report [LEGACY] Enhancement
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Description

### Impacted plugin

Protect

### What

At present, the auto-fixer in Jetpack Protect deletes vulnerable premium themes and plugins. This can result in broken websites. We should change this behavior.

### How

We should consider alternatives to deleting premium plugins and themes. It would be preferable to mark them as threats that need a manual fix.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the auto-fixer in Jetpack Protect and its handling of vulnerable premium themes and plugins. Determine how the current deletion behavior is implemented and define a manual-fix threat state; the work is done when premium items are no longer deleted automatically and are instead marked for manual remediation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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