bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-enable-tinymce-visual-tab

Activates the visual tab for the bbPress TinyMCE editor and provides a few other options.

700 active installs v1.0.1 PHP + WP 3.5.0+ Updated Jan 5, 2014
bbpress
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab 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 bbpress-enable-tinymce-visual-tab plugin v1.0.1 exhibits a generally positive security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of identified dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, and external HTTP requests is commendable. Furthermore, the plugin does not appear to expose a significant attack surface through AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes, with no unprotected entry points detected. The vulnerability history being completely clear of any recorded CVEs is also a strong indicator of good security practices or a lack of exploitation attempts targeting this plugin. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping. With 4 total outputs and 0% properly escaped, this presents a considerable risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Any dynamic data displayed by the plugin could potentially be manipulated by an attacker, leading to malicious script execution in the user's browser. The lack of nonce checks and capability checks also weakens the security of its (limited) entry points, as there's no robust mechanism to verify user authorization or prevent CSRF attacks if any functionality were to be added or discovered later.

Key Concerns

  • All output is unescaped
  • No nonce checks detected
  • No capability checks detected
Vulnerabilities
None known

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Security Vulnerabilities

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

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
4
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped4 total outputs
Attack Surface

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_initinit.php:42
filterplugin_action_linksinit.php:43
actioninitinit.php:44
filterbbp_after_get_the_content_parse_argsinit.php:47
Maintenance & Trust

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.5.2
Last updatedJan 5, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads35K

Community Trust

Rating94/100
Number of ratings14
Active installs700
Developer Profile

bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab Developer Profile

Jared Atchison

8 plugins · 53K total installs

91
trust score
Avg Security Score
87/100
Avg Patch Time
1 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
bbp-tinymce-visual-tab
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab