Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Security & Risk Analysis

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Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle is a lightweight WordPress plugin to add images to WordPress categories.

0 active installs v1.0 PHP 7.2+ WP 5.0+ Updated Apr 10, 2025
categories-imagescategory-imagecategory-image-managercategory-thumbnailstaxonomy-image
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "category-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle" plugin v1.0 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified entry points that are unprotected, and the plugin shows good practices in its use of prepared statements for SQL queries and proper output escaping. The absence of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further contributes to a secure foundation. The taint analysis showing zero flows with unsanitized paths, especially of critical or high severity, is highly encouraging. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clear, with no recorded CVEs, indicating a history of security awareness or simply a lack of discovered issues. However, the complete lack of capability checks on the identified nonce check is a minor concern, as it implies that any authenticated user could potentially trigger the nonce-protected action, rather than specifically authorized roles. This is a very limited area of potential weakness in an otherwise robustly secured plugin.

Key Concerns

  • No capability checks for nonce-protected action
Vulnerabilities
None known

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Security Vulnerabilities

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

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Release Timeline

v1.0Current
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Code Analysis

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

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared2 total queries

Output Escaping

86% escaped7 total outputs
Attack Surface

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 7
actionadmin_menuadmin\class-dddCatImageManager-admin.php:8
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin\class-dddCatImageManager-admin.php:9
actioncategory_edit_form_fieldscategory-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle.php:68
actioncategory_add_form_fieldscategory-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle.php:69
actionedited_categorycategory-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle.php:89
actioncreated_categorycategory-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle.php:90
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptscategory-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle.php:114
Maintenance & Trust

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.7.5
Last updatedApr 10, 2025
PHP min version7.2
Downloads442

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle Developer Profile

DevDesignDazzle

2 plugins · 0 total installs

91
trust score
Avg Security Score
96/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/category-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle/admin/js/script.js/wp-content/plugins/category-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle/admin/css/admin-style.css
Script Paths
admin/js/script.js
Version Parameters
category-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle/admin/js/script.js?ver=category-image-manager-by-devdesigndazzle/admin/css/admin-style.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
ddd-uploadddd-remove
Data Attributes
dddCatImageManager_category_imagedddCatImageManager_category_image_nonce
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle