Admin Tour Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/admin-tour

Admin Tour helps you to create a tour for admin. Admin user can go through the tour and they will get the knowledge about how to use the admin panel.

20 active installs v1.4 PHP 8.1+ WP 6.6+ Updated Oct 17, 2025
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Admin Tour Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 5mo ago
Risk Assessment

The admin-tour v1.4 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. It demonstrates excellent adherence to secure coding practices by implementing prepared statements for all SQL queries, properly escaping all output, and performing a nonce check on its entry points. The absence of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further contributes to its robustness. Furthermore, the taint analysis reveals no critical or high-severity issues, indicating a low risk of code injection or other taint-related vulnerabilities.

The vulnerability history is also a significant strength, with zero recorded CVEs, indicating a history of stable and secure development. This lack of past vulnerabilities suggests that the developers are proactive about security or that the plugin's architecture inherently avoids common attack vectors.

Overall, admin-tour v1.4 appears to be a very secure plugin. The limited attack surface, combined with strong security implementation and a clean vulnerability history, makes it a low-risk option. The only area that could be considered a minor point of attention is the absence of capability checks on its AJAX handlers, although the presence of nonce checks mitigates this risk significantly.

Key Concerns

  • AJAX handlers without capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Admin Tour Security Vulnerabilities

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

Admin Tour Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped4 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

1 flows
<class-wp-admin-tour> (includes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Admin Tour Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 2

authwp_ajax_wat_dismiss_pointerincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:20
noprivwp_ajax_wat_dismiss_pointerincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:21
WordPress Hooks 5
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:19
actionwp_dashboard_setupincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:22
actionadmin_initincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:23
actionadmin_bar_menuincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:24
actionadmin_footerincludes\class-wp-admin-tour.php:26
Maintenance & Trust

Admin Tour Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedOct 17, 2025
PHP min version8.1
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs20
Developer Profile

Admin Tour Developer Profile

KrishaWeb

13 plugins · 17K total installs

78
trust score
Avg Security Score
99/100
Avg Patch Time
655 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Admin Tour

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/admin-tour/assets/js/wat-pointers.js/wp-content/plugins/admin-tour/assets/css/wat-pointers.css
Script Paths
../assets/js/wat-pointers.js../assets/css/wat-pointers.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wat_copy_screen_id
Data Attributes
id="wat_copy_screen_id"
JS Globals
WAT
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Admin Tour