Manual Dog Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/manualdog

A WordPress plugin to create and manage manuals that are only visible to authorized users within the admin area.

0 active installs v1.0.1 PHP 7.4+ WP 5.2+ Updated Sep 1, 2025
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Manual Dog Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 7mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "manualdog" plugin v1.0.1 exhibits a strong security posture based on the static analysis. The complete absence of identified entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly reduces the attack surface. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good security practices with 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements, a high rate of output escaping (95%), and the presence of nonce and capability checks. The taint analysis shows no critical or high-severity issues, indicating that data flowing through the code is generally sanitized effectively.

The vulnerability history also contributes to a positive assessment, with zero known CVEs and no recorded past vulnerabilities. This suggests a history of secure development or effective patching. While the static analysis did not uncover any immediate critical vulnerabilities, the absence of any external HTTP requests could be noted as a potential limitation in assessing the plugin's interaction with external services, although not a direct security risk in itself. Overall, "manualdog" v1.0.1 appears to be a well-secured plugin with a minimal risk profile.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Manual Dog Security Vulnerabilities

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

Manual Dog Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
3
52 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
4
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

95% escaped55 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
manualdog_render_manual_viewer_page (includes\admin-pages.php:235)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Manual Dog Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_menuincludes\admin-pages.php:90
actionwp_dashboard_setupincludes\dashboard.php:24
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\enqueue.php:49
actioninitincludes\post-types.php:69
Maintenance & Trust

Manual Dog Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedSep 1, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads220

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Manual Dog Developer Profile

Goji Kawai

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Manual Dog

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/manualdog/assets/js/manualdog-alert.js/wp-content/plugins/manualdog/assets/css/manualdog-admin.css/wp-content/plugins/manualdog/assets/js/manualdog-viewer.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/manualdog/assets/js/manualdog-alert.js/wp-content/plugins/manualdog/assets/js/manualdog-viewer.js
Version Parameters
manualdog-alert-script?ver=manualdog-admin-style?ver=manualdog-viewer-script?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
manualdog_l10n
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Manual Dog