Light Particles Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/light-particles

Display beautiful particles on your website :)

70 active installs v1.03 PHP 5.6+ WP 3.5+ Updated Dec 2, 2025
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Light Particles Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'light-particles' plugin v1.03 exhibits a very strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The plugin has a remarkably small attack surface, with no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events. Crucially, all detected entry points, if any existed, appear to be protected. The code also demonstrates excellent security practices, with 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements and all output being properly escaped. The presence of a nonce check is a positive sign, although the absence of capability checks on any potential entry points is a minor concern that would be magnified if the attack surface were larger.

The taint analysis found no unsanitized paths, indicating that user-supplied data is not being improperly handled in a way that could lead to vulnerabilities. The plugin's vulnerability history is also spotless, with zero known CVEs recorded at any severity level. This lack of past vulnerabilities, combined with the clean static analysis, suggests a well-developed and maintained plugin from a security perspective.

In conclusion, 'light-particles' v1.03 appears to be a highly secure plugin. Its minimal attack surface, robust code practices in SQL and output handling, and complete absence of known vulnerabilities are significant strengths. The only minor area for potential improvement would be the implementation of capability checks if any entry points were to be introduced in future versions, though this is not a pressing concern given the current state.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Light Particles Security Vulnerabilities

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

Light Particles Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped12 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
wp_particles_settings (light-particles.php:107)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Light Particles Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_menulight-particles.php:75
actionadmin_print_styleslight-particles.php:85
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptslight-particles.php:95
actionwp_headlight-particles.php:205
Maintenance & Trust

Light Particles Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 2, 2025
PHP min version5.6
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs70
Developer Profile

Light Particles Developer Profile

manu225

17 plugins · 27K total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
29 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Light Particles

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/light-particles/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/light-particles/js/front.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/light-particles/js/front.js
Version Parameters
light-particles/css/admin.css?ver=light-particles/css/front.css?ver=light-particles/js/front.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
settings_wpp
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Light Particles