Home Badges Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/home-badges

Quickly access your Blog and Home page in the Wordpress Admin.

10 active installs v0.6 PHP + WP 2.9.1+ Updated Apr 14, 2013
front-pagehome-badgeshome-iconsiconsposts-page
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Home Badges Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 12yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "home-badges" plugin v0.6 exhibits an excellent security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events with any form of attack surface significantly minimizes potential entry points for malicious actors. Furthermore, the code signals are all positive, with no dangerous functions, all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements, and all outputs being properly escaped. The lack of file operations, external HTTP requests, nonce checks, and capability checks, while contributing to a smaller attack surface, also suggests a very limited feature set within the plugin, which in itself is a security advantage as it reduces the opportunities for vulnerabilities. The taint analysis also reports zero flows with unsanitized paths, further reinforcing the clean code state.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Home Badges Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Home Badges 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

Home Badges Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionadmin_initAdmin.php:6
actionadmin_menuAdmin.php:7
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsAdmin.php:8
Maintenance & Trust

Home Badges Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.5.2
Last updatedApr 14, 2013
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Home Badges Developer Profile

Global

3 plugins · 520 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Home Badges

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/home-badges/style.css
Version Parameters
home-badges/style.css?ver=style.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
hb-iconicon-homeicon-pinbadgefrontposts
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Home Badges