FanBridge signup Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/fanbridge-signup

The FanBridge Signup plugin allows you to add an email signup form to your Wordpress blog

60 active installs v0.6 PHP 5.6+ WP 3.0+ Updated Jun 29, 2018
emailfanbridgefansnewslettersignup
63
C · Use Caution
CVEs total1
Unpatched1
Last CVEOct 23, 2025
Safety Verdict

Is FanBridge signup Safe to Use in 2026?

Use With Caution

Score 63/100

FanBridge signup has 1 unpatched vulnerability. Evaluate alternatives or apply available mitigations.

1 known CVE 1 unpatched Last CVE: Oct 23, 2025Updated 7yr ago
Risk Assessment

The fanbridge-signup plugin v0.6 exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the static analysis shows no direct attack surface from AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, and all SQL queries are prepared. Taint analysis reveals no critical or high severity flows. However, there are significant concerns regarding output escaping, with only 5% of outputs being properly sanitized, indicating a high potential for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the plugin has a history of known vulnerabilities, including one unpatched medium severity issue (likely CSRF based on past trends), which suggests a pattern of security oversights that need addressing. The lack of capability checks and nonce checks on its entry points, though currently zero, could become a problem if any entry points are introduced in the future without proper security measures. While the current attack surface appears minimal, the poor output escaping and past vulnerability history are considerable risks.

Key Concerns

  • Unpatched medium vulnerability
  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
  • No capability checks
  • No nonce checks
Vulnerabilities
1

FanBridge signup Security Vulnerabilities

CVEs by Year

1 CVE in 2025 · unpatched
2025
Patched Has unpatched

Severity Breakdown

Medium
1

1 total CVE

CVE-2025-62986medium · 4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

FanBridge signup <= 0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Oct 23, 2025Unpatched
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

FanBridge signup Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
42
2 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

5% escaped44 total outputs
Data Flows
4 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

4 flows4 with unsanitized paths
fbridge_plugin_request_handler (fanbridge-signup.php:89)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

FanBridge signup Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 12
actioninitfanbridge-signup.php:29
actionadmin_menufanbridge-signup.php:35
actioninitfanbridge-signup.php:55
actionwidgets_initfanbridge-signup.php:82
actioninitfanbridge-signup.php:155
actionadmin_headfanbridge-signup.php:167
actioninittrunk\fanbridge-signup.php:29
actionadmin_menutrunk\fanbridge-signup.php:35
actioninittrunk\fanbridge-signup.php:55
actionwidgets_inittrunk\fanbridge-signup.php:82
actioninittrunk\fanbridge-signup.php:155
actionadmin_headtrunk\fanbridge-signup.php:167
Maintenance & Trust

FanBridge signup Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.9.40
Last updatedJun 29, 2018
PHP min version5.6
Downloads6K

Community Trust

Rating60/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs60
Developer Profile

FanBridge signup Developer Profile

FanBridge

1 plugin · 60 total installs

68
trust score
Avg Security Score
63/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect FanBridge signup

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/css/jquery.miniColors.css/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/js/jquery.miniColors.min.js/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/js/jquery.validate.min.js/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/js/css_browser_selector.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/js/jquery.validate.min.js/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/js/css_browser_selector.js/wp-content/plugins/fanbridge-signup/js/jquery.miniColors.min.js
Version Parameters
fanbridge-signup/style.css?ver=fanbridge-signup/js/jquery.validate.min.js?cb=fanbridge-signup/js/css_browser_selector.js?cb=fanbridge-signup/js/jquery.miniColors.min.js?cb=fanbridge-signup/css/admin.css?cb=fanbridge-signup/css/jquery.miniColors.css?cb=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
fanbridgeConfigtextInputcalloutsection
Data Attributes
name="_fbridge_action"value="widget-css"name="_fbridge_action"value="save-settings"name="FBSG_SN_USER_ID"name="FBSG_SN_FORM_TITLE"+26 more
JS Globals
FBSG_PLUGIN_URLFBSG_PLUGIN_VERSIONFBSG_FORM_PREFIXFBSG_SN_USER_IDFBSG_SN_FORM_TITLEFBSG_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR+11 more
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about FanBridge signup