Emojized Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/emojized

Emojized allows visitors to a WordPress site to rate and react to content using Emojis. Because text without them is 🅱🅾®ℹ️🆖

10 active installs v0.2 PHP + WP 4.5+ Updated Jun 18, 2017
emojipollreactionsvoting
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Emojized Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 8yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "emojized" plugin v0.2 exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it demonstrates good practices by avoiding dangerous functions, using prepared statements for all SQL queries, and not making external HTTP requests. The absence of known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history are also reassuring signs. However, there are significant concerns. The plugin exposes one REST API route without permission callbacks, creating an unprotected entry point that could be exploited. Furthermore, a concerning 54% of its output is not properly escaped, leaving it vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if user-supplied data is not handled carefully before rendering. While the plugin has a low total attack surface, the unprotected REST API route and the significant unescaped output present the most immediate risks.

Key Concerns

  • REST API route without permission callbacks
  • High percentage of unescaped output
Vulnerabilities
None known

Emojized Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Emojized Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
7
6 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

46% escaped13 total outputs
Attack Surface
1 unprotected

Emojized Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected1

REST API Routes 1

GET/wp-json/emojized/v1/count/(?P<id>\d+)emojized-endpoints.php:5

Shortcodes 1

[emojized] emojized-post.php:41
WordPress Hooks 13
actionrest_api_initemojized-endpoints.php:2
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsemojized-metabox.php:8
actionadd_meta_boxesemojized-metabox.php:21
actionsave_postemojized-metabox.php:73
actioninitemojized-post.php:2
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsemojized-post.php:30
actionwp_heademojized-post.php:32
filtermanage_emojize_posts_columnsemojized-post.php:91
actionmanage_emojize_posts_custom_columnemojized-post.php:92
filtermanage_emojize_posts_columnsemojized-post.php:94
actionmanage_emojize_posts_custom_columnemojized-post.php:95
filtermanage_edit-emojize_sortable_columnsemojized-post.php:97
filtermanage_emojize_posts_columnsemojized-post.php:111
Maintenance & Trust

Emojized Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.9.29
Last updatedJun 18, 2017
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Emojized Developer Profile

theode

11 plugins · 220 total installs

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

How We Detect Emojized

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/emojized/css/emojized.css/wp-content/plugins/emojized/js/emojized.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/emojized/js/emojized.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
emojized-tableemojized-areaemojizedemojized-count-
Data Attributes
data-idname="emoji"class="emoji"name="count"class="count"name="initial_count"+2 more
JS Globals
var site_url =
REST Endpoints
/wp-json/emojized/v1/count/
Shortcode Output
[emojized id=
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Emojized