
Grab and Attach Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/grab-and-attachFrom Chrome's right-click menu, insert images and other media types from 3rd party websites into live WordPress posts or pages.
Is Grab and Attach Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Grab and Attach has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'grab-and-attach' plugin v1.3 exhibits a generally positive security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history are strong indicators of a well-maintained and secure plugin. Furthermore, the code signals show good practices such as 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements and a high percentage of output escaping. The plugin also correctly implements capability checks for its limited file operations. However, there are a couple of points of concern. The taint analysis revealed two flows with unsanitized paths. While these did not reach a critical or high severity, they represent potential avenues for injection or path traversal if exploited in conjunction with other factors. Additionally, the complete lack of nonce checks across all entry points, even though the attack surface is currently zero, is a notable omission. If any new entry points are added in the future without proper nonce implementation, it could introduce significant security vulnerabilities.
Key Concerns
- Flows with unsanitized paths detected
- No nonce checks on any entry points
Grab and Attach Security Vulnerabilities
Grab and Attach Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Data Flow Analysis
Grab and Attach Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 17
Maintenance & Trust
Grab and Attach Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
Grab and Attach Alternatives
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attach-post-images
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Simple Image Grabber
simple-image-grabber
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Archive Remote Images
archive-remote-images
Archive Remote Images allows you to scan a post to fetch remote images; then updates its content automatically.
LH Cache Remote Images
lh-cache-remote-images
LH Cache Remote Images allows you to scan a post to fetch remote images; then updates its content automatically.
Export media with selected content (by DKZR)
export-media-with-selected-content
Include all relevant attachments in your export.
Grab and Attach Developer Profile
1 plugin · 0 total installs
How We Detect Grab and Attach
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/grab-and-attach/grab-and-attach.phpHTML / DOM Fingerprints
alt-post-title/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?alt-post-title