Gravatar Favicon Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/gravatar-faviconThis plugin allows you to generate a gravatar favicon for your blog and admin logo included Apple touch icon.
Is Gravatar Favicon Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Gravatar Favicon has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "gravatar-favicon" v3.1 plugin exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the plugin's attack surface. Furthermore, the complete reliance on prepared statements for any SQL queries is a critical best practice. The lack of detected dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and the absence of any recorded vulnerabilities or CVEs further bolster this positive assessment.
However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping, with 0% of the 6 identified output points being properly escaped. This suggests a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if any user-controlled data is ever rendered directly to the browser. The absence of nonce checks and capability checks on the (non-existent) entry points means that if any were to be introduced in the future without proper security considerations, they would be entirely unprotected. While the plugin has no known vulnerabilities, the unescaped output is a critical weakness that must be addressed.
Key Concerns
- Output not properly escaped
- No nonce checks on entry points
- No capability checks on entry points
Gravatar Favicon Security Vulnerabilities
Gravatar Favicon Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Gravatar Favicon Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 9
Maintenance & Trust
Gravatar Favicon Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Gravatar Favicon Developer Profile
8 plugins · 170 total installs
How We Detect Gravatar Favicon
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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