jQuery Archives Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-archives

jQuery Archives displays your posts archives in a fancy manner.

10 active installs v1.0.0 PHP + WP 2.0+ Updated Sep 24, 2010
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is jQuery Archives Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 15yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'jquery-archives' v1.0.0 plugin presents a superficially good security posture due to the absence of any recorded vulnerabilities or critical findings in static analysis and taint checks. The plugin also demonstrates good practices by utilizing prepared statements for all its SQL queries and has no file operations or external HTTP requests. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping. With 3 total outputs and 0% properly escaped, this indicates a strong possibility of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the absence of nonce and capability checks across its entire attack surface, though currently limited to zero entry points, is a critical oversight that would immediately become a high risk if any entry points were introduced in future updates. The plugin's vulnerability history is clean, but this is not a guarantee of future security, especially given the identified code-level weaknesses.

Key Concerns

  • All outputs are unescaped
  • No nonce checks on any entry points
  • No capability checks on any entry points
Vulnerabilities
None known

jQuery Archives Security Vulnerabilities

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

jQuery Archives Code Analysis

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

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared5 total queries

Output Escaping

0% escaped3 total outputs
Attack Surface

jQuery Archives Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 1
actionwp_headjquery-archives.php:88
Maintenance & Trust

jQuery Archives Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.0.5
Last updatedSep 24, 2010
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

jQuery Archives Developer Profile

Tilex

3 plugins · 3K total installs

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

How We Detect jQuery Archives

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

Asset Fingerprints

Script Paths
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.jshttp://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/jquery-ui.min.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
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Shortcode Output
<div id='accordion'><h2>
FAQ

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