
iPhone-Widget Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/iphone-widgetThe simple way to show what your reading on your iPhone or e-reader.
Is iPhone-Widget Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100iPhone-Widget has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "iphone-widget" plugin version 1.2 exhibits a concerning security posture despite a lack of identified vulnerabilities in its history. The static analysis reveals a critical weakness: 100% of its 24 output operations are not properly escaped. This lack of output sanitization presents a significant risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts into the content displayed by the widget. While the plugin does not appear to have any direct entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes that are unprotected, the pervasive issue with output escaping means that any data processed and displayed by the plugin could be a vector for attack. The absence of dangerous functions, SQL injection risks, and file operations is positive, but it is overshadowed by the severe output escaping deficiency. The plugin's clean vulnerability history could be interpreted as either genuine security or a lack of deep analysis. However, given the identified output escaping issue, it is more likely that the plugin has not been thoroughly scrutinized for XSS vulnerabilities or that these issues have simply not been publicly disclosed. The overall security is weak due to the high likelihood of XSS vulnerabilities stemming from unescaped output.
Key Concerns
- No output escaping
iPhone-Widget Security Vulnerabilities
iPhone-Widget Release Timeline
iPhone-Widget Code Analysis
Output Escaping
iPhone-Widget Attack Surface
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Maintenance & Trust
iPhone-Widget Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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iPhone-Widget Developer Profile
6 plugins · 60 total installs
How We Detect iPhone-Widget
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
iphoneControl Title: style="display:block;width:145px;height:283px;background:url(http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_VsAfsZ_1hVo/TW78mA969PI/AAAAAAAAAP0/YQ718LcX6oE/s800/iPhone.png) no-repeat top; text-align:center;"style="width:121px;height:183px;background:transparent;border:0;padding:0;margin:50px 11px 50px 13px;"