Twitter Bird on Site Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/fly-twitter-on-blog

Add Twitter bird on Site with follow and tweet this links.On the mouseover the bird shows "tweet this" and displays a "follow me" …

10 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 2.1+ Updated Unknown
add-twitter-bird-on-siteflying-twitter-birdtwittertwitter-badgetwitter-fly-bird
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Twitter Bird on Site Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Twitter Bird on Site has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The "fly-twitter-on-blog" v1.1 plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the static analysis shows a complete lack of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events, resulting in zero identified entry points. Furthermore, all SQL queries utilize prepared statements, and there is no record of past vulnerabilities or CVEs, suggesting a generally stable and well-maintained codebase. However, several critical concerns are raised by the analysis. The most significant is the complete absence of output escaping (0% properly escaped), meaning any data rendered by the plugin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Additionally, the lack of nonce checks and capability checks, combined with file operations and external HTTP requests, presents potential pathways for privilege escalation and unauthorized actions if malicious input is introduced. The single taint flow identified with an unsanitized path is also a significant concern, as it indicates a potential for sensitive data exposure or code execution.

Key Concerns

  • No output escaping
  • Unsanitized path in taint flow
  • No nonce checks
  • No capability checks
  • File operations present
  • External HTTP requests present
Vulnerabilities
None known

Twitter Bird on Site Security Vulnerabilities

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

Twitter Bird on Site Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
10
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
3
External Requests
2
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped10 total outputs
Data Flows
1 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

1 flows1 with unsanitized paths
<twitterfeeds> (twitterfeeds.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Twitter Bird on Site Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionwp_footerfly-twitter-on-blog.php:92
actionadmin_menufly-twitter-on-blog.php:95
actionadmin_initfly-twitter-on-blog.php:96
filterplugin_action_linksfly-twitter-on-blog.php:112
Maintenance & Trust

Twitter Bird on Site Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.7.41
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version
Downloads8K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Twitter Bird on Site Developer Profile

gCodeLabs

1 plugin · 10 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Twitter Bird on Site

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/fly-twitter-on-blog/js/twitter.js/wp-content/plugins/fly-twitter-on-blog/twitterbird.png/wp-content/plugins/fly-twitter-on-blog/twitterfeeds.php
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/fly-twitter-on-blog/js/twitter.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

HTML Comments
<!-- twitter follow by gcodelabs.com --><!-- end of twitter js code -->
Data Attributes
name="animated_account"name="animated_tweet"value="true"value="false"name="animated_tweet"value="true"+5 more
JS Globals
twitterAccountshowTweetbirdSpritetwitterfeedreader
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Twitter Bird on Site