Halloween Panda Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/halloween-panda

Halloween decorations plugin for WordPress. Decorate your WordPress website with pumpkins, ghosts, scary carrots, bats or just display a pop-up to rem …

80 active installs v1.0.6 PHP + WP 4.0+ Updated Oct 16, 2020
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Halloween Panda Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Halloween Panda has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 5yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "halloween-panda" v1.0.6 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits its attack surface. Furthermore, the code demonstrates excellent practices with 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements and 100% of output being properly escaped. The lack of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and a clean taint analysis with no unsanitized paths further reinforce its secure design. The plugin's vulnerability history is also spotless, with no recorded CVEs, indicating a history of robust security. However, the complete absence of nonce and capability checks, while not immediately exploitable given the limited entry points, represents a potential oversight for future development or if new entry points were to be introduced. This could become a weakness if the plugin's functionality expands without proper security hardening. Overall, this plugin appears very secure for its current version and functionality, with its strengths far outweighing its minor potential concerns.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Halloween Panda Security Vulnerabilities

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

Halloween Panda Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
107 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
1

Bundled Libraries

jQuery

Output Escaping

100% escaped107 total outputs
Attack Surface

Halloween Panda Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_menubase.php:29
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsbase.php:39
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsbase.php:49
actionwp_footerbase.php:62
Maintenance & Trust

Halloween Panda Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.5.18
Last updatedOct 16, 2020
PHP min version
Downloads7K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs80
Developer Profile

Halloween Panda Developer Profile

pixolette

4 plugins · 690 total installs

93
trust score
Avg Security Score
90/100
Avg Patch Time
7 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Halloween Panda

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/css/hp-backend.css/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/css/hp-frontend.min.css/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/js/hp-frontend.min.js/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/js/snowfall.jquery.min.js/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/js/js.cookie.min.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/js/hp-frontend.min.js/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/js/snowfall.jquery.min.js/wp-content/plugins/halloween-panda/assets/js/js.cookie.min.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Halloween Panda