Keyboard Scroll Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/keyboard-scroll

This plugin allows easy scrolling your blog using J and K on your keyboard.

10 active installs v1.05 PHP + WP 3.3+ Updated Nov 7, 2013
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85
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Keyboard Scroll Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Keyboard Scroll 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 'keyboard-scroll' plugin v1.05 exhibits a generally good security posture, with no known vulnerabilities in its history and a limited attack surface. The static analysis reveals a responsible approach to database interactions, with all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements, and a lack of dangerous functions, file operations, or external HTTP requests. The presence of capability checks is also a positive indicator. However, a significant concern arises from the taint analysis, which identified one flow with unsanitized paths. While no critical or high severity issues were flagged in the taint analysis, unsanitized paths can be an entry point for various attacks, especially if the plugin interacts with user-supplied data in any way not fully revealed by this analysis. Furthermore, the low rate of proper output escaping (25%) is a notable weakness. This means that a significant portion of the plugin's output might be susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to compromise user sessions or inject malicious content.

Key Concerns

  • Unsanitized path in taint flow
  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
Vulnerabilities
None known

Keyboard Scroll Security Vulnerabilities

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

Keyboard Scroll Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
6
2 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

25% escaped8 total outputs
Data Flows
1 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows1 with unsanitized paths
form (settings.php:43)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Keyboard Scroll Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionplugins_loadedkeyboard-scroll.php:30
actionwp_enqueue_scriptskeyboard-scroll.php:35
actionwp_headkeyboard-scroll.php:36
actionadmin_menukeyboard-scroll.php:42
Maintenance & Trust

Keyboard Scroll Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.7.41
Last updatedNov 7, 2013
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating40/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Keyboard Scroll Developer Profile

latz

8 plugins · 2K total installs

69
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
587 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Keyboard Scroll

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/keyboard-scroll/keyboard-scroll.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/keyboard-scroll/keyboard-scroll.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
jkks
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Keyboard Scroll