
Flexy Breadcrumb Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/flexy-breadcrumbFlexy Breadcrumb is a super light weight plugin that is easy to navigate through current page hierarchy.
Is Flexy Breadcrumb Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 92/100Flexy Breadcrumb has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The flexy-breadcrumb plugin, version 1.2.1, exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, and external HTTP requests is commendable. Furthermore, the plugin has no recorded vulnerability history, which is a significant positive indicator. However, there are areas for improvement. The plugin lacks nonce checks and capability checks entirely, meaning that any functionality accessible via its entry points, even if not explicitly listed as unprotected (like the shortcode), could potentially be triggered by unauthenticated or unauthorized users if an attacker can find a way to inject malicious input into those entry points. The output escaping, while at 79%, still leaves a notable percentage of outputs unescaped, which could lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if user-controlled data is involved in those unescaped outputs.
Key Concerns
- Missing nonce checks
- Missing capability checks
- Suboptimal output escaping (21% unescaped)
Flexy Breadcrumb Security Vulnerabilities
Flexy Breadcrumb Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Flexy Breadcrumb Attack Surface
Shortcodes 1
WordPress Hooks 16
Maintenance & Trust
Flexy Breadcrumb Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Flexy Breadcrumb Developer Profile
12 plugins · 32K total installs
How We Detect Flexy Breadcrumb
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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fbc-admin-wrapdata-placementdata-aligndata-animationdata-triggerdata-templateswpColorPickerL10n[flexy_breadcrumb]