Advanced Social icons Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/advance-social-icons

Advanced social icons help you quickly add icons with links to your profile on different social media platforms.

100 active installs v3.6 PHP 7.4+ WP 4.9+ Updated Apr 24, 2025
advanced-social-iconscustom-social-iconsfont-awesome-social-widgetsocial-mediasocial-share
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Advanced Social icons Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Advanced Social icons has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 11mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "advance-social-icons" plugin v3.6 exhibits a generally good security posture, with no known critical vulnerabilities, no unpatched CVEs, and a clean vulnerability history. The code analysis reveals responsible use of prepared statements for SQL queries and a single nonce and capability check, indicating awareness of basic WordPress security practices. However, a significant concern arises from the low percentage of properly escaped output (45%). This leaves the plugin vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, especially through its single AJAX handler and shortcode, which are the primary entry points into the application. The absence of taint analysis data is also noted, as it could have revealed potential issues with unsanitized data flows. Despite the absence of critical issues in the provided data, the high proportion of unescaped output represents a tangible risk that requires immediate attention.

Key Concerns

  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
  • Potential for XSS in AJAX handler
  • Potential for XSS in shortcode
Vulnerabilities
None known

Advanced Social icons Security Vulnerabilities

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

Advanced Social icons Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
61
49 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

45% escaped110 total outputs
Attack Surface

Advanced Social icons Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 1

authwp_ajax_msi-social-share-links-actionasi-custom-menu-link.php:16

Shortcodes 1

[fontawesometest] classes\asi-frontend.php:167
WordPress Hooks 18
actionadmin_initasi-custom-menu-link.php:10
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsasi-custom-menu-link.php:13
filterwp_setup_nav_menu_itemasi-custom-menu-link.php:19
filterwp_setup_nav_menu_itemasi-menu-custom-icons.php:12
actionwp_update_nav_menu_itemasi-menu-custom-icons.php:16
filterwp_edit_nav_menu_walkerasi-menu-custom-icons.php:18
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsclasses\asi-backend.php:30
filterbwp_minify_style_ignoreclasses\asi-bwp-compatibility.php:15
filterwp_get_nav_menu_itemsclasses\asi-frontend.php:123
filterasi_networks_social_iconsclasses\asi-frontend.php:153
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsclasses\asi-frontend.php:161
actionwp_print_scriptsclasses\asi-frontend.php:162
filterwp_nav_menu_objectsclasses\asi-frontend.php:164
actionfontawesometestclasses\asi-frontend.php:168
filterplugin_row_metaplugin.php:39
actioninitplugin.php:42
actiontemplate_redirectplugin.php:72
actionadmin_initplugin.php:75
Maintenance & Trust

Advanced Social icons Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedApr 24, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs100
Developer Profile

Advanced Social icons Developer Profile

Galaxy Weblinks

40 plugins · 25K total installs

77
trust score
Avg Security Score
97/100
Avg Patch Time
310 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Advanced Social icons

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/classes/asi-frontend.php/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/classes/asi-backend.php/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/classes/asi-bwp-compatibility.php/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/asi-menu-custom-icons.php/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/asi-custom-menu-link.php/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/js/asi-menumetabox.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/advance-social-icons/js/asi-menumetabox.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
asi-social-icons-custommenu-item-urlmenu-item-titlesubmit-add-to-menu
Data Attributes
id="msi-custom-menu-item-url"name="menu-item[-1][menu-item-url]"id="msi-custom-menu-item-name"name="menu-item[-1][menu-item-title]"id="submit-post-type-archives"
JS Globals
Mysocialiconlinks
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Advanced Social icons