Aurora Heatmap Security & Risk Analysis

The aurora-heatmap plugin version 1.7.1 demonstrates a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it has no recorded vulnerabilities or known CVEs, and the code analysis shows no critical or high severity taint flows, indicating a generally clean codebase regarding direct code injection or path traversal. The plugin also avoids external HTTP requests and file operations, limiting potential attack vectors. However, there are significant concerns related to its attack surface, specifically two AJAX handlers that lack authentication checks. While the overall SQL query usage shows a good percentage of prepared statements, and a majority of outputs are properly escaped, the absence of nonce and capability checks on AJAX endpoints is a critical oversight. This leaves these entry points vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and unauthorized access, potentially allowing attackers to trigger unintended actions. The plugin's vulnerability history being empty is a positive sign, but it does not negate the present risks identified in the static analysis.