Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management

Simplify how you publish visual content on your WordPress site. Connect your Dash account, search through your images and drop them straight into your …

20 active installs v1.6.6 PHP 8.1+ WP 4.7+ Updated Jan 16, 2026
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "dash-effortless-digital-asset-management" plugin v1.6.6 exhibits a concerning security posture primarily due to a significant number of unprotected AJAX handlers. While the plugin demonstrates good practices in areas like SQL query sanitization and output escaping, the presence of 6 AJAX handlers without any authentication checks represents a substantial attack surface. This lack of authorization could allow unauthenticated users to trigger potentially harmful actions within the plugin. The taint analysis shows no critical or high-severity issues, and the vulnerability history is clean, indicating a lack of publicly known exploitable flaws. However, the clean history combined with the exposed AJAX endpoints suggests that while past vulnerabilities might not have been exploited or discovered, the current configuration presents a latent risk that could be leveraged by attackers. Overall, the plugin has strengths in its code quality regarding data handling, but the identified architectural weakness in its AJAX endpoints poses a significant risk.

Key Concerns

  • Unprotected AJAX handlers (6 without auth checks)
  • Taint analysis shows 1 unsanitized path flow
  • Limited capability checks (10 total, potentially insufficient)
  • Bundled library Guzzle (potential for outdated version risks)
Vulnerabilities
None known

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Security Vulnerabilities

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

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Release Timeline

v1.6.6Current
v1.6.5
v1.6.4
v1.6.3
v1.6.2
v1.6.1
v1.6.0
v1.5.6
v1.5.5
v1.5.4
v1.5.3
v1.5.2
v1.5.1
v1.5.0
v1.4.3
vv1.4.2
v1.4.0
v1.3.1
v1.3.0
v1.2.2
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
5
32 escaped
Nonce Checks
3
Capability Checks
10
File Operations
3
External Requests
1
Bundled Libraries
1

Bundled Libraries

Guzzle

Output Escaping

86% escaped37 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
1 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

5 flows1 with unsanitized paths
ajax_query_attachments (admin\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-admin.php:757)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface
6 unprotected

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Attack Surface

Entry Points6
Unprotected6

AJAX Handlers 6

authwp_ajax_oauth_tokenincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:185
authwp_ajax_query-attachmentsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:187
authwp_ajax_dash_download_imageincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:188
authwp_ajax_dash_get_downloadincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:189
authwp_ajax_dash_load_transformsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:190
authwp_ajax_dash_set_post_thumbnailincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:191
WordPress Hooks 16
actionplugins_loadedincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:163
actionadmin_menuincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:178
actionprint_media_templatesincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:179
filtertiny_mce_before_initincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:180
actionadmin_post_dash_authincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:181
actionadmin_post_dash_unauthincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:182
actionadmin_post_dash_save_default_transformincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:183
actioncurrent_screenincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:184
actionmedia_buttonsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:186
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:192
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:193
actionpost-upload-uiincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:194
actionelementor/editor/before_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:197
actionadmin_noticesincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:203
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:218
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-dash-effortless-digital-asset-management.php:219
Maintenance & Trust

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedJan 16, 2026
PHP min version8.1
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs20
Developer Profile

Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management Developer Profile

brightminded

2 plugins · 20 total installs

89
trust score
Avg Security Score
93/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/admin/css/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-admin.css/wp-content/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/admin/js/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/public/css/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-public.css/wp-content/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/public/js/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-public.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/admin/js/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/public/js/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-public.js
Version Parameters
dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-admin.css?ver=dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-admin.js?ver=dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-public.css?ver=dash-effortless-digital-asset-management-public.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
dash-asset-picker-containerdash-asset-picker-item
HTML Comments
Currently plugin version.The base url of the DASH APIThe base url for the OAuth2 based authentication with the DASH REST APIThe path where the OAuth callback functionality is to be found.+24 more
Data Attributes
data-dash-asset-picker-iddata-dash-asset-picker-asset-iddata-dash-asset-picker-asset-url
JS Globals
dash_api_settings
REST Endpoints
/wp-json/dash-effortless-digital-asset-management/v1/assets
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management