Breaking News Posts Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/breaking-news-posts

The Breaking News Posts plugin allow you to display a slider with break news links right after your navigation.

0 active installs v1.0 PHP 5.6+ WP 4.8+ Updated Jun 8, 2020
break-news-tickerbreaking-newsnews-tickerpost-sliderpost-slider-link
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Breaking News Posts Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Breaking News Posts has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 5yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "breaking-news-posts" v1.0 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified attack surface points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events is a significant strength, indicating that user interaction with the plugin is likely limited and well-controlled.

The code signals further reinforce this positive assessment. The complete absence of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests, coupled with 100% proper output escaping and the use of prepared statements for all SQL queries, demonstrates adherence to best practices. The taint analysis also reveals no critical or high-severity issues.

Furthermore, the plugin has no recorded vulnerability history, which suggests a history of secure development and maintenance. While the lack of nonce and capability checks is noted, it's mitigated by the extremely small attack surface. Overall, the plugin appears to be secure, with its primary weakness being a potential lack of robust authorization checks if any entry points were to be introduced in future versions. However, based on the current data, the risk is very low.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Breaking News Posts Security Vulnerabilities

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

Breaking News Posts Release Timeline

No version history available.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Breaking News Posts Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped13 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows2 with unsanitized paths
bnp_option_page_update (process\bnp-admin-option.php:3)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Breaking News Posts Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\admin\init.php:4
filterwp_nav_menu_primary_itemsindex.php:34
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsindex.php:35
actionadmin_menuindex.php:36
actionadmin_post_bnp_option_page_updateindex.php:37
actionadmin_initindex.php:38
Maintenance & Trust

Breaking News Posts Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.3.21
Last updatedJun 8, 2020
PHP min version5.6
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Breaking News Posts Developer Profile

dimandu

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Breaking News Posts

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/breaking-news-posts/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css/wp-content/plugins/breaking-news-posts/assets/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/breaking-news-posts/assets/js/slider.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/breaking-news-posts/assets/js/slider.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
bnp_slider
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Breaking News Posts