BBpress Admin Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-admin

Adds admin features from bbpress admin in the wordpress admin section

10 active installs v0.1.3 PHP + WP 2.5+ Updated Apr 11, 2008
adminbbpressintegration
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is BBpress Admin Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 18yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "bbpress-admin" plugin version 0.1.3 exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the plugin demonstrates excellent practices regarding SQL queries, utilizing prepared statements exclusively. It also shows no indication of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, or bundled libraries, which are all good signs. The static analysis reveals a complete lack of identified attack vectors such as AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that are not protected by authentication or capability checks. Furthermore, the absence of any known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history suggest a generally stable and secure codebase. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping (0% properly escaped). This means that any dynamic data rendered by the plugin could be vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, potentially allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the user's browser. The complete absence of nonce checks, while the attack surface is currently zero, could become a problem if new entry points are introduced without proper security considerations.

Key Concerns

  • 0% properly escaped output (XSS risk)
  • 0 nonce checks
  • 0 capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

BBpress Admin Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

BBpress Admin Release Timeline

No version history available.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

BBpress Admin Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
47
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped47 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
bbpress_forum_admin_page (bbpress-forum-admin.php:7)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

BBpress Admin Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 10
actionadmin_menubbpress-forum-admin.php:2
actionadmin_menubbpress-options-admin.php:2
actionadmin_menubbpress-post-admin.php:3
filterget_topic_wherebbpress-post-admin.php:10
filterget_topic_linkbbpress-post-admin.php:11
actionadmin_menubbpress-theme-admin.php:2
actionadmin_initbbpress-theme-admin.php:80
actionadmin_menubbpress-topic-admin.php:2
filtertopic_linkbbpress-topic-admin.php:11
filtertopic_last_post_linkbbpress-topic-admin.php:12
Maintenance & Trust

BBpress Admin Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested2.5
Last updatedApr 11, 2008
PHP min version
Downloads7K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

BBpress Admin Developer Profile

so1o

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 BBpress Admin

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-admin/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-admin/js/admin.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-admin/js/admin.js
Version Parameters
bbpress-admin/css/admin.css?ver=bbpress-admin/js/admin.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wraptablenavtablenav-pageswidefat
Data Attributes
id="posts-filter"id="post-text"id="forum-id"id="topic-tag"id="post-author"id="post-status"+1 more
JS Globals
admin-forms
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about BBpress Admin