JKL Reviews Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/jkl-reviews

A simple Reviews plugin to review books, music, movies, products, or online courses with Star Ratings and links out to related sites.

10 active installs v1.2 PHP + WP 3.5+ Updated Oct 10, 2014
contentcustomcustom-meta-boxreviewreviews
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is JKL Reviews Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 11yr ago
Risk Assessment

The jkl-reviews plugin version 1.2 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. It demonstrates excellent adherence to secure coding practices, with no identified dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries, a high percentage of properly escaped output, and a single nonce check and capability check present. The absence of any identified taint flows with unsanitized paths further reinforces this positive assessment. The plugin's attack surface is entirely absent, meaning there are no discoverable AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that could potentially be exploited.

The vulnerability history is equally clean, with no recorded CVEs of any severity, indicating a history of secure development or prompt patching of any past issues. This combination of a minimal attack surface, robust coding practices, and a clean vulnerability record suggests that jkl-reviews v1.2 is a highly secure plugin. However, it's important to note that the taint analysis shows zero flows analyzed. While this implies no issues were found, a more comprehensive taint analysis might reveal subtle vulnerabilities if the plugin's functionality were more complex or interacted with external data in more intricate ways. Overall, the plugin is exceptionally secure based on the provided data.

Vulnerabilities
None known

JKL Reviews Security Vulnerabilities

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

JKL Reviews Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
3
41 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

93% escaped44 total outputs
Attack Surface

JKL Reviews Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 8
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsjkl-reviews.php:42
actionthe_contentjkl-reviews.php:43
actionadd_meta_boxesjkl-reviews.php:46
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsjkl-reviews.php:50
actionsave_postjkl-reviews.php:53
filterthe_contentjkl-reviews.php:56
actionadmin_menujkl-reviews.php:60
actionadmin_initjkl-reviews.php:61
Maintenance & Trust

JKL Reviews Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.0.38
Last updatedOct 10, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating90/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs10
Developer Profile

JKL Reviews Developer Profile

jekkilekki

4 plugins · 130 total installs

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

How We Detect JKL Reviews

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/jkl-reviews/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/jkl-reviews/css/boxstyle.css
Version Parameters
jkl-reviews/css/style.css?ver=jkl-reviews/css/boxstyle.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
jkl_reviewjklrv_review_cover_imgjklrv_review_cover_img_overlayjklrv_review_box_containerjklrv_review_summaryjklrv_review_titlejklrv_review_authorjklrv_review_affiliate_link+2 more
HTML Comments
<!-- REVIEW INFORMATION TABLE --><!-- ##### PRODUCT INFORMATION TABLE --><!-- ##### SUMMARY TABLE --><!-- ##### LINKS TABLE -->+3 more
Data Attributes
data-jklrv-img-urldata-jklrv-img-alt
Shortcode Output
[jklreviews][jklreviews show_images='true'][jklreviews show_summary='true'][jklreviews show_links='true']
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about JKL Reviews