// admin/controller.php

public function updateplace()
{
    // Missing administrative capability check
    if (!JSession::checkToken()) {
        throw new Exception(JText::translate('JINVALID_TOKEN'), 403);
    }
    $this->do_updateplace();
}

---

// Specific tasks mentioned in research (inferred from VikRentCarController tasks)
// These tasks often lack both the checkToken() and authorize() calls found in other methods

public function deleteplace() {
    $id = VikRequest::getInt('id', 0, 'request');
    // Missing JSession::checkToken() and JFactory::getUser()->authorise()
    $dbo = JFactory::getDbo();
    $q = "DELETE FROM `#__vikrentcar_places` WHERE `id`=".$id;
    $dbo->setQuery($q);
    $dbo->execute();
    // ... (truncated)

--- /home/deploy/wp-safety.org/data/plugin-versions/vikrentcar/1.4.5/admin/controller.php	2025-11-26 14:36:54.000000000 +0000
+++ /home/deploy/wp-safety.org/data/plugin-versions/vikrentcar/1.4.6/admin/controller.php	2026-05-25 13:12:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -8517,6 +8517,165 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Hidden task to scan all database tables of VikRentCar to ensure the column `id` is
+	 * defined as a primary key and got an auto-increment extra flag properly defined and set.
+	 * 
+	 * @since 	1.15.9 (J) - 1.4.6 (WP)
+	 */
+	public function fix_autoincrement_tables()
+	{
+		if (!JFactory::getUser()->authorise('core.admin', 'com_vikrentcar')) {
+			VRCHttpDocument::getInstance()->close(403, JText::translate('JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR'));
+		}
+
+		$dbo = JFactory::getDbo();
+        // ... (truncated)
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Hidden task to (re-)run the update queries from a given plugin version.
+	 * 
+	 * @since 	1.15.9 (J) - 1.4.6 (WP)
+	 */
+	public function run_update_queries()
+	{
+		$app = JFactory::getApplication();
+		$dbo = JFactory::getDbo();
+
+		if (!JFactory::getUser()->authorise('core.admin', 'com_vikrentcar')) {
+			VRCHttpDocument::getInstance($app)->close(403, JText::translate('JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR'));
+		}
+        // ... (truncated)