Category Description for WooCommerce Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/category-description-for-woocommerce

Easily customize and position WooCommerce category descriptions to enhance user experience and SEO.

400 active installs v1.0.0 PHP 7.0+ WP 6.5+ Updated May 10, 2025
categorydescriptionproductseowoocommerce
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Category Description for WooCommerce Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Category Description for WooCommerce has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 10mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "category-description-for-woocommerce" plugin version 1.0.0 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any dangerous functions, unsanitized taint flows, raw SQL queries, unescaped output, or file operations is highly commendable. Furthermore, the complete lack of a notable attack surface through AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly reduces potential entry points for malicious actors. The presence of a nonce check, even with no explicit capability checks, suggests a basic level of security awareness in its development.

The vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs, indicating that this version has not been publicly associated with security flaws. This, combined with the static analysis findings, points to a plugin that has been developed with security in mind, adhering to good practices like prepared statements and output escaping. However, the absence of capability checks on any potential (though seemingly non-existent) entry points could be a minor area for improvement if the plugin were to introduce such features in the future.

In conclusion, "category-description-for-woocommerce" v1.0.0 appears to be a secure plugin with no immediate security concerns identified in this analysis. Its strengths lie in its minimal attack surface, use of prepared statements, and proper output escaping. The lack of vulnerabilities in its history further reinforces its reliable security standing. The only potential weakness, and it's a minor one given the current lack of entry points, is the absence of explicit capability checks.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Category Description for WooCommerce Security Vulnerabilities

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

Category Description for WooCommerce Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
33 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped33 total outputs
Attack Surface

Category Description for WooCommerce Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 14
actionplugins_loadedcategory-description-for-woocommerce.php:37
actionplugins_loadedcategory-description-for-woocommerce.php:59
actioninitincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-admin.php:9
actionproduct_cat_add_form_fieldsincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-admin.php:11
actionproduct_cat_edit_form_fieldsincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-admin.php:13
actionedited_product_catincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-admin.php:15
actioncreated_product_catincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-admin.php:16
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:17
actionwpincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:18
filterget_the_archive_descriptionincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:74
filterterm_descriptionincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:75
actionwoocommerce_before_shop_loopincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:91
actionwoocommerce_after_shop_loopincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:127
actionwoocommerce_after_shop_loopincludes\class-cdfwsp-category-descriptin-for-woo-frontend.php:139
Maintenance & Trust

Category Description for WooCommerce Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedMay 10, 2025
PHP min version7.0
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs400
Developer Profile

Category Description for WooCommerce Developer Profile

George Pattichis

14 plugins · 76K total installs

76
trust score
Avg Security Score
96/100
Avg Patch Time
128 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Category Description for WooCommerce

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/category-description-for-woocommerce/assets/js/frontend.js/wp-content/plugins/category-description-for-woocommerce/assets/css/frontend.css
Script Paths
category-description-for-woocommerce/assets/js/frontend.js
Version Parameters
category-description-for-woocommerce/assets/js/frontend.js?ver=1.0.0category-description-for-woocommerce/assets/css/frontend.css?ver=1.0.0

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
custom-category-descriptioncdfwsp_category_desription_excerptcdfwsp_load-more-buttoncdfwsp_category_description_textload_more_link
Data Attributes
hidden
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Category Description for WooCommerce