Auto twitter followers stay informed Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/auto-twitter-followers-stay-informed

Automatically tweets each new blog post directly to twitter. Get Top backlinks, inform your followers in real time, all on autopilot.

10 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 3.0.0+ Updated Jun 17, 2013
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Auto twitter followers stay informed Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Auto twitter followers stay informed has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 12yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "auto-twitter-followers-stay-informed" plugin v1.0 exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, there are no known CVEs associated with this plugin, and all SQL queries are properly prepared, indicating good practices in database interaction. The absence of a large attack surface with unprotected entry points is also a strength. However, significant concerns arise from the static analysis. The use of `create_function` is a critical security anti-pattern that can lead to arbitrary code execution if not handled with extreme care and proper sanitization, which is not evident here. Furthermore, a concerning 100% of output is not properly escaped, opening the door to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. The taint analysis, while showing no critical or high severity flows, did reveal two flows with unsanitized paths, which, when combined with the unescaped output and the `create_function` risk, could potentially be chained for exploitation.

Key Concerns

  • Use of dangerous create_function
  • No output escaping
  • Unsanitized paths in taint flows
  • No nonce checks
  • No capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Auto twitter followers stay informed Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Auto twitter followers stay informed Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
2
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
22
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
2
External Requests
2
Bundled Libraries
0

Dangerous Functions Found

create_functionadd_action('admin_notices', create_function( '', "echo \"<div class='error'><p>$warning</p></div>\";auto-tweet-plugin.php:116
create_functionadd_action('admin_notices', create_function( '', "echo '<div class=\"error\"><p>".sprintf(__('Pleaseauto-tweet-plugin.php:123

Output Escaping

0% escaped22 total outputs
Data Flows
2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows2 with unsanitized paths
auto_twitter_admin (auto-tweet-plugin.php:25)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Auto twitter followers stay informed Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionadmin_noticesauto-tweet-plugin.php:116
actionadmin_noticesauto-tweet-plugin.php:123
actionadmin_menuauto-tweet-plugin.php:218
actionadd_meta_boxesauto-tweet-plugin.php:221
actioninitauto-tweet-plugin.php:222
Maintenance & Trust

Auto twitter followers stay informed Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.5.2
Last updatedJun 17, 2013
PHP min version
Downloads9K

Community Trust

Rating80/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Auto twitter followers stay informed Developer Profile

linkbld

1 plugin · 10 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Auto twitter followers stay informed

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/auto-tweet-plugin/style.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
name="auto_twitter_consumerKey"name="auto_twitter_consumerSecret"name="auto_twitter_accesToken"name="auto_twitter_accesTokenSecret"name="bitly_username"name="bitly_api_key"
JS Globals
expandid
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Auto twitter followers stay informed