Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-honeypot-plus

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 - Adds honeypot plus anti-spam functionality to Contact Form 7 forms.

500 active installs v1.0.3 PHP + WP 4.8+ Updated Jan 25, 2026
antispamcaptchaformhoneypotspam
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 2mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'cf7-honeypot-plus' v1.0.3 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified attack surface points (AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, cron events) significantly limits the plugin's exposure to external manipulation. Furthermore, the code signals reveal excellent practices, with no dangerous functions, all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements, and all outputs being properly escaped. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests further reduces potential attack vectors. The plugin also shows no history of known vulnerabilities, with zero critical, high, or medium CVEs recorded, indicating a well-maintained and secure codebase over time. However, the analysis does note zero nonce checks and zero capability checks. While the current lack of attack surface might mitigate the immediate risk, this could become a concern if new entry points are introduced in future versions without proper authentication and authorization mechanisms in place. Overall, the plugin appears to be very secure in its current state, but the absence of these fundamental security checks represents a potential area for future improvement.

Key Concerns

  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Security Vulnerabilities

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

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped2 total outputs
Attack Surface

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionwpcf7_initcf7-honeypot-plus.php:31
filterwpcf7_validate_honeypotpluscf7-honeypot-plus.php:32
actionwpcf7_contact_formcf7-honeypot-plus.php:34
filtercfdb7_before_save_datacf7-honeypot-plus.php:35
filterwpcf7_spamcf7-honeypot-plus.php:148
Maintenance & Trust

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedJan 25, 2026
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating60/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs500
Developer Profile

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 Developer Profile

wpdebuglog

9 plugins · 23K total installs

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

How We Detect Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/cf7-honeypot-plus/cf7-honeypot-plus.php

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
name="uuid1"value="uuid2"style="display:none"name="uuid3"
Shortcode Output
<input name="" type="text" value="" style="display:none" /><input
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7