Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module

Adds a Car Loan Module to your website, let's you deploy a Car Loan Application form and Calculator and manage them beautifully on back-end.

10 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 3.3+ Updated Sep 21, 2013
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin 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

This plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. While it boasts no recorded vulnerabilities and a clean taint analysis, several concerning practices are evident in the static analysis. The significant number of unprotected AJAX handlers presents a substantial attack surface. Furthermore, the complete absence of output escaping is a critical flaw, making stored and reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities highly probable, especially given the presence of the `unserialize` function. The lack of capability checks on AJAX handlers, combined with the unprotected entry points, suggests that unauthorized actions could be performed by unauthenticated users. The plugin does demonstrate good practices with SQL prepared statements and the absence of file operations or external HTTP requests, but these strengths are overshadowed by the critical output escaping and unprotected AJAX handler issues. The vulnerability history being clean is a positive sign, but it does not negate the immediate risks identified in the current code.

Key Concerns

  • Unprotected AJAX handlers
  • No output escaping
  • Dangerous function 'unserialize'
  • No capability checks on AJAX
  • Low percentage of prepared statements
Vulnerabilities
None known

Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Security Vulnerabilities

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

Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
16
Raw SQL Queries
15
11 prepared
Unescaped Output
37
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
6
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Dangerous Functions Found

unserialize$emails = unserialize( $emails );controller\ajax.php:70
unserialize$buyer_info = unserialize( $applicant_info );controller\ajax.php:449
unserialize$co_buyer_info = unserialize( $co_buyer );controller\ajax.php:466
unserialize$applicant_meta = unserialize( $k['applicant_meta'] );view\admin_edit_form.php:16
unserialize$co_applicant_meta = unserialize( $k['co_buyer_meta'] );view\admin_edit_form.php:29
unserialize<?php $provinces = unserialize( get_option('clm_provinces') ); ?>view\admin_edit_form.php:267
unserialize<?php $vehicles = unserialize( get_option('clm_vehicles') ); ?>view\admin_edit_form.php:697
unserialize<?php $provinces = unserialize( get_option('clm_provinces') ); ?>view\admin_edit_form.php:1101
unserialize$vehicles = unserialize( $vehicles );view\admin_settings_page.php:12
unserialize$provinces = unserialize( $provinces );view\admin_settings_page.php:13
unserialize$emails = unserialize( $emails );view\admin_settings_page.php:14
unserialize$applicant_meta = unserialize( $k['applicant_meta'] );view\admin_view_entry.php:16
unserialize$co_applicant_meta = unserialize( $k['co_buyer_meta'] );view\admin_view_entry.php:29
unserialize$province = unserialize( $province );view\front_application_form.php:192
unserialize$vehicles = unserialize( $vehicles );view\front_application_form.php:516
unserialize$province = unserialize( $province );view\front_application_form.php:815

SQL Query Safety

42% prepared26 total queries

Output Escaping

0% escaped37 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

3 flows
clm_get_xml (controller\ajax.php:406)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface
5 unprotected

Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Attack Surface

Entry Points14
Unprotected5

AJAX Handlers 12

noprivwp_ajax_new_applicationcontroller\ajax.php:98
authwp_ajax_new_applicationcontroller\ajax.php:99
authwp_ajax_clm_get_datacontroller\ajax.php:176
authwp_ajax_clm_del_entrycontroller\ajax.php:216
authwp_ajax_clm_edit_entrycontroller\ajax.php:270
authwp_ajax_clm_update_entrycontroller\ajax.php:326
authwp_ajax_clm_view_entrycontroller\ajax.php:385
authwp_ajax_clm_get_xmlcontroller\ajax.php:477
authwp_ajax_clm_del_bulkcontroller\ajax.php:527
authwp_ajax_clm_show_settingscontroller\ajax.php:555
authwp_ajax_clm_save_settingscontroller\ajax.php:609
authwp_ajax_clm_show_form_managercontroller\ajax.php:633

Shortcodes 2

[deploy_form] view\front_application_form.php:1207
[deploy_calculator] view\front_calc_form.php:176
WordPress Hooks 6
actioninitCar_loan_module.php:84
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsCar_loan_module.php:280
actionwp_headCar_loan_module.php:303
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsCar_loan_module.php:313
actionadmin_menuCar_loan_module.php:335
actionwp_dashboard_setupCar_loan_module.php:365
Maintenance & Trust

Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.6.1
Last updatedSep 21, 2013
PHP min version
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating80/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin Developer Profile

darrylcoder

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 Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/css/admin-style-clm.css/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/js/admin-script-clm.js/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/js/admin-script-form-manager-clm.js/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/css/front-style-clm.css/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/js/front-script-clm.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/js/admin-script-clm.js/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/js/admin-script-form-manager-clm.js/wp-content/plugins/car-loan-application-and-calculator-module/resources/js/front-script-clm.js
Version Parameters
admin-style-clm.css?ver=1.0.0admin-script-clm.js?ver=1.0.0admin-script-form-manager-clm.js?ver=1.0.0jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.js?ver=1.0.0jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.min.css?ver=1.0.0

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
clm_result
Data Attributes
clm_model
JS Globals
ajaxURL
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Car Loan Application and Calculator Plugin