Easy Excerpt Security & Risk Analysis

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Manage your posts excerpt with Easy Excerpt. Change excerpt length, ending and "read more"-link from WordPress admin.

30 active installs v0.3.0 PHP + WP 3.0.0+ Updated May 2, 2011
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CVEs total0
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Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Easy Excerpt Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Easy Excerpt has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 14yr ago
Risk Assessment

Based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history, the "easy-excerpt" plugin v0.3.0 exhibits a strong security posture. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits its attack surface. Furthermore, the code analysis reveals no dangerous functions, all SQL queries utilize prepared statements, and all identified outputs are properly escaped, indicating adherence to secure coding practices.

The taint analysis also shows no identified flows, either sanitized or unsanitized, suggesting a lack of potential for injection vulnerabilities through input data. The plugin's vulnerability history is clean, with zero known CVEs, indicating a historically secure development and maintenance record. This combination of a minimal attack surface, robust code hygiene, and a clean vulnerability history suggests a low-risk plugin.

While the plugin demonstrates excellent security hygiene in the analyzed areas, the complete absence of nonce and capability checks, along with zero AJAX and REST API endpoints, could be interpreted in two ways. It might mean the plugin is very simple and doesn't require these protections, or it could indicate a lack of critical functionalities that would necessitate them. However, given the overall positive findings, the current assessment points towards a secure plugin. The strengths lie in its minimal attack surface and strict adherence to secure coding practices for the components that do exist.

Key Concerns

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

Easy Excerpt Security Vulnerabilities

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

Easy Excerpt Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped3 total outputs
Attack Surface

Easy Excerpt Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 7
actioniniteasy-excerpt.php:35
actionadmin_initeasy-excerpt.php:39
actionadmin_menueasy-excerpt.php:40
filterexcerpt_lengtheasy-excerpt.php:43
filterexcerpt_moreeasy-excerpt.php:46
filterexcerpt_moreeasy-excerpt.php:49
filterget_the_excerpteasy-excerpt.php:50
Maintenance & Trust

Easy Excerpt Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.1.4
Last updatedMay 2, 2011
PHP min version
Downloads7K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs30
Developer Profile

Easy Excerpt Developer Profile

Fredrik Malmgren

2 plugins · 120 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Easy Excerpt

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/easy-excerpt/easy-excerpt.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Easy Excerpt