bbPress Capabilities Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-capabilities

Advanced user capability editing, specifically for bbPress

100 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 3.5+ Updated Apr 26, 2014
bbpresscapabilitiesforumsroles
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is bbPress Capabilities Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 11yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'bbp-capabilities' v1.0 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identifiable attack surface, including AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events, significantly limits potential entry points for attackers. The code also demonstrates good practices by exclusively using prepared statements for SQL queries and a high percentage of properly escaped output. Furthermore, the lack of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further bolsters its security. The vulnerability history is also exceptionally clean, with no recorded CVEs, indicating a mature and well-maintained codebase. However, a notable concern is the complete absence of nonce checks and a relatively low number of capability checks (3) despite the plugin's purpose. While the current analysis shows no direct exploitation path related to these, they represent a potential weakness if the attack surface were to expand in future versions or if specific interactions were discovered. The lack of taint analysis flows is also unusual; while this might mean no such flows were found, it could also indicate limitations in the analysis tooling or methodology.

Key Concerns

  • No nonce checks found
  • Low number of capability checks
  • No taint analysis flows analyzed
Vulnerabilities
None known

bbPress Capabilities Security Vulnerabilities

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

bbPress Capabilities Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
16 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
3
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

89% escaped18 total outputs
Attack Surface

bbPress Capabilities Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 7
actionbbp_user_edit_after_rolebbp-capabilities.php:45
actionbbp_profile_updatebbp-capabilities.php:68
actionwp_headbbp-capabilities.php:578
actionload-user-edit.phpbbp-capabilities.php:581
actionadmin_headbbp-capabilities.php:591
actionedit_user_profilebbp-capabilities.php:594
filteradditional_capabilities_displaybbp-capabilities.php:597
Maintenance & Trust

bbPress Capabilities Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.9.40
Last updatedApr 26, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads6K

Community Trust

Rating76/100
Number of ratings5
Active installs100
Developer Profile

bbPress Capabilities Developer Profile

John James Jacoby

28 plugins · 332K total installs

70
trust score
Avg Security Score
87/100
Avg Patch Time
1401 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect bbPress Capabilities

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
bbp-formcapabilities
Data Attributes
id="bbp-default-caps"name="bbp-default-caps"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about bbPress Capabilities