Grey Admin Color Schemes Security & Risk Analysis

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Grey color schemes for WordPress 3.8's admin area.

300 active installs v1.7 PHP + WP 3.8.0+ Updated Dec 3, 2023
admincolorscheme
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Grey Admin Color Schemes Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Grey Admin Color Schemes has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 2yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin 'grey-admin-color-schemes' v1.7 demonstrates a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any detected entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the plugin's attack surface. Furthermore, the code signals show excellent security practices, with no dangerous functions used, all SQL queries employing prepared statements, and 100% of outputs being properly escaped. The lack of file operations, external HTTP requests, nonce checks, and capability checks also contributes to this clean bill of health. The taint analysis further reinforces this, showing no flows with unsanitized paths, critical, or high severity issues. The vulnerability history is also completely clean, with no known CVEs recorded, indicating a lack of past security incidents.

While the plugin's current implementation is highly secure, the lack of any entry points means that the plugin's functionality is likely very limited and possibly not exposed to user interaction through typical WordPress mechanisms. This could be a strength if the plugin is intended for a very specific, non-interactive purpose, but it could also be a weakness if the intended functionality requires such interaction and is being implemented in an unconventional way, which the static analysis would not capture. However, based solely on the provided data, the plugin appears to be well-coded and secure.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Grey Admin Color Schemes Security Vulnerabilities

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

Grey Admin Color Schemes Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0
Attack Surface

Grey Admin Color Schemes Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionadmin_initgrey-admin-color-schemes.php:34
actioninitgrey-admin-color-schemes.php:44
Maintenance & Trust

Grey Admin Color Schemes Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.4.8
Last updatedDec 3, 2023
PHP min version
Downloads7K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings4
Active installs300
Developer Profile

Grey Admin Color Schemes Developer Profile

Greg Ross

34 plugins · 8K total installs

80
trust score
Avg Security Score
88/100
Avg Patch Time
39 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Grey Admin Color Schemes

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/classic/colors.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/classic/colors-rtl.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/modern/colors.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/modern/colors-rtl.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/atouchofblue/colors.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/atouchofblue/colors-rtl.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/postmodern/colors.css/wp-content/plugins/grey-admin-color-schemes/postmodern/colors-rtl.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Grey Admin Color Schemes