diff --git a/lib/wpscan/typhoeus/response.rb b/lib/wpscan/typhoeus/response.rb
index 893f48f0..2fe5e741 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/typhoeus/response.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/typhoeus/response.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ module Typhoeus
     #
     # @return [ Boolean ]
     def from_vuln_api?
-      effective_url.start_with?(WPScan::DB::VulnApi.uri.to_s) && !effective_url.include?('v3/status')
+      effective_url.start_with?(WPScan::DB::VulnApi.uri.to_s) &&
+        !effective_url.start_with?(WPScan::DB::VulnApi.uri.join('status').to_s)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/typhoeus/response_spec.rb b/spec/lib/typhoeus/response_spec.rb
index f4fb7086..bde38caa 100644
--- a/spec/lib/typhoeus/response_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/typhoeus/response_spec.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 describe Typhoeus::Response do
-  subject(:response) { described_class.new(options) }
-  let(:options)      { { return_code: 200 } }
-
   describe '#from_vuln_api?' do
-    context 'when response from the Vuln API' do
+    context 'when a response from the Vuln API' do
       %w[
         https://wpscan.com/api/v3/plugins/wpscan
         https://wpscan.com/api/v3/plugins/status-test
         https://wpscan.com/api/v3/themes/test
+        https://wpscan.com/api/v3/plugins/test/v3/status
       ].each do |response_url|
         it "returnse false for #{response_url}" do
           expect(described_class.new(return_code: 200, effective_url: response_url).from_vuln_api?).to be true
@@ -17,15 +15,13 @@ describe Typhoeus::Response do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when not a response from the Vuln API' do
+    context 'when not a response from the Vuln API (/status endpoint is ignored)' do
       %w[
         https://wpscan.com/something
         http://wp.lab/
         https://wp.lab/status
         https://wpscan.com/api/v3/status
       ].each do |response_url|
-        let(:options) { super().merge(effective_url: response_url) }
-
         it "returns false for #{response_url}" do
           expect(described_class.new(return_code: 200, effective_url: response_url).from_vuln_api?).to be false
         end