
List Sub Categories (LSC) Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/list-sub-categories-lscThis plugin enables a widget that lists only sub categories for the current category page.
Is List Sub Categories (LSC) Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100List Sub Categories (LSC) has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The plugin 'list-sub-categories-lsc' v1.0 exhibits a mixed security posture. While the absence of external HTTP requests, file operations, and SQL injection risks (due to prepared statements) is positive, significant concerns arise from the code analysis. The presence of the `create_function` dangerous function is a critical flaw that can lead to arbitrary code execution if exploited. Furthermore, a complete lack of output escaping for all 13 detected outputs is a severe vulnerability, opening the door to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The plugin also lacks any nonces or capability checks, leaving its entry points (though none are explicitly identified here) potentially unprotected.
Key Concerns
- Use of dangerous function create_function
- No output escaping on any outputs
- No nonce checks
- No capability checks
List Sub Categories (LSC) Security Vulnerabilities
List Sub Categories (LSC) Release Timeline
List Sub Categories (LSC) Code Analysis
Dangerous Functions Found
Output Escaping
List Sub Categories (LSC) Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 1
Maintenance & Trust
List Sub Categories (LSC) Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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List Sub Categories (LSC) Developer Profile
1 plugin · 30 total installs
How We Detect List Sub Categories (LSC)
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
LSC_Widget<!-- start lsc --><!-- end lsc -->id="LSC_Widget"name="LSC_Widget"id="LSC_Widget"name="LSC_Widget"id="lsc_title"name="lsc_title"+4 more