Admin Site Switcher Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/admin-site-switcher

This creates a drop-down list of all sites in a multi-site install and lets you switch to the corresponding admin page of the other site.

10 active installs v1.3 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Unknown
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100
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Admin Site Switcher Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Admin Site Switcher has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The 'admin-site-switcher' v1.3 plugin exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the static analysis. There are no identified dangerous functions, SQL queries are exclusively prepared, and no external HTTP requests or file operations are present. The absence of known CVEs and a history of vulnerabilities further suggests a well-maintained codebase. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping, indicating that any dynamic content rendered by the plugin could be susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if the input is not properly sanitized elsewhere. The presence of capability checks on two occasions is positive, but the absence of any nonce checks on potential entry points (though there are none identified in this analysis) could be a latent risk if the attack surface were to expand in future versions or if the code were to evolve without these checks.

Key Concerns

  • 0% output escaping
Vulnerabilities
None known

Admin Site Switcher Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Admin Site Switcher Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
2 prepared
Unescaped Output
1
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared2 total queries

Output Escaping

0% escaped1 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
kdari_site_switch_list (admin-site-switcher.php:28)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Admin Site Switcher Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionin_admin_headeradmin-site-switcher.php:116
actionadmin_headadmin-site-switcher.php:117
Maintenance & Trust

Admin Site Switcher Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.2.1
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Admin Site Switcher Developer Profile

Matthew Gedeon

1 plugin · 10 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Admin Site Switcher

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
kdari-site-switch-list
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Admin Site Switcher