
Fresh Plugins Security & Risk Analysis
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Is Fresh Plugins Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Fresh Plugins has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "fresh-plugins" v3.3 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the static analysis provided. The absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits its attack surface. The code signals are also overwhelmingly positive, with no dangerous functions, all SQL queries using prepared statements, and a very high percentage of properly escaped output. Nonce checks are present, though capability checks are not explicitly detailed in the provided signals. The taint analysis reveals a low risk, with only one flow identified with unsanitized paths, and no critical or high severity flows. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with zero known CVEs, indicating a historical lack of significant security flaws. However, the single flow with unsanitized paths, despite not being classified as critical or high, warrants attention as it represents a potential avenue for exploits if it involves user-controlled input in a sensitive context. The lack of capability checks, if applicable to any of the plugin's functionalities, could also be a concern, although the limited attack surface suggests this might not be a widespread issue. Overall, the plugin appears to be well-developed from a security perspective, with its primary area for review being the one identified taint flow.
Key Concerns
- Flows with unsanitized paths
Fresh Plugins Security Vulnerabilities
Fresh Plugins Release Timeline
Fresh Plugins Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Data Flow Analysis
Fresh Plugins Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 14
Maintenance & Trust
Fresh Plugins Maintenance & Trust
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10 plugins · 9K total installs
How We Detect Fresh Plugins
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
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