SyncNet Patch Radar collects security alerts automatically and shows
only what really matters: critical vulnerabilities in widely used products such as Windows, Exchange, NetScaler, FortiGate, Cisco, VMware, Java, Chrome or PHP.
An alert is shown when it
- is rated critical by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI / CERT-Bund), or
- is listed by the US agency CISA as actively exploited (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities), or
- is rated CVSS 9.0 or higher (adjustable), exploitable over the network without authentication, and was reported by the vendor itself (NVD),
and concerns one of the products in your list (fully editable).
Features
- Clean list with search ("Am I affected?") and vendor filters
- Several critical vulnerabilities in the same product are combined into one card ("Google Chrome: 12 critical vulnerabilities") – one update usually fixes them all
- Every alert and product group has its own page to share (LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Teams, email, copy link, native share on phones) – shared links always point to your site
- RSS feed for all alerts and one feed per vendor
- You choose where the subscription box and the share buttons appear: above, below or both
- Source and link to the original record on every card
- Optional small red dot on your menu item for the alerts page while a fresh, actively exploited vulnerability is listed (off by default)
- Optional one-line "latest critical alert" for your front page and a compact box for any page
- Optional call to action ("Not sure whether you are affected? Contact us")
- Check tool in the settings: enter a CVE ID and see which condition is met
- No tracking, no cookies, no external scripts or fonts – visitors never connect to third parties
- Nothing is fetched until you switch fetching on in the settings
- Translation ready
Shortcodes
[syncnet_patch_radar] – the list (a draft page with it is created on activation)
[syncnet_patch_radar_latest] – one discreet line with the newest alert
[syncnet_patch_radar_box count="3"] – compact cards with a link to the list
Disclaimer
The list is compiled automatically from public sources. It is no substitute for your own vulnerability management and comes without any guarantee of completeness or correctness.
- Install and activate the plugin. A draft page "Security alerts" with the shortcode
[syncnet_patch_radar] is created. Nothing is fetched yet and the plugin never adds menu items itself.
- Go to Settings → SyncNet Patch Radar, choose sources, CVSS threshold and product list, tick Fetch alerts and save. The first fetch starts.
- Rename and publish the page when you are ready.
- Optional but recommended: request a free NVD API key and enter it – fetching becomes much faster.
- Recommended: set up a real cron job calling
https://your-site.example/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron every hour, so fetching runs reliably even with page caching.
The first NVD load covers the last 30 days and runs in several passes (progress is shown in the settings).