
Comment Referrers Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/comment-referrersAdds the referrering link from which a commenting user came from to comment notifications.
Is Comment Referrers Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Comment Referrers has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
Based on the provided static analysis, the "comment-referrers" v0.2 plugin exhibits a strong security posture. The absence of any identified dangerous functions, unsanitized taint flows, raw SQL queries, or unescaped output is highly commendable. Furthermore, the plugin has no known vulnerabilities, including no historical CVEs, which suggests a history of secure development. The lack of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits the potential attack surface, making it difficult for attackers to find entry points. The code also appears to diligently use prepared statements for any potential database interactions, and there are no file operations or external HTTP requests that could be exploited. The absence of nonce and capability checks in the analyzed entry points is noted, but given the lack of any entry points, this is not currently a direct risk. This plugin demonstrates good security practices and a low-risk profile.
Key Concerns
- No AJAX handlers without auth checks found
- No REST API routes without permission callbacks found
- No shortcodes found
- No cron events found
- No dangerous functions found
- 100% SQL queries use prepared statements
- 100% output properly escaped
- No file operations found
- No external HTTP requests found
- No nonce checks found (given no entry points)
- No capability checks found (given no entry points)
- No bundled libraries with potential vulnerabilities
- No taint flows analyzed with sanitization issues
- No known CVEs recorded
Comment Referrers Security Vulnerabilities
Comment Referrers Code Analysis
Comment Referrers Attack Surface
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Comment Referrers Maintenance & Trust
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Comment Referrers Developer Profile
12 plugins · 32K total installs
How We Detect Comment Referrers
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/comment-referrers/comment-referrers.phpHTML / DOM Fingerprints
<!--
ref = escape( document[ 'referrer' ] );
document.write("<input type='hidden' name='ref' value='"+ref+"'>");
// -->ref