Mighty Content Locker Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/mighty-content-locker

Easily integrate your Content & File Locker produced by Mighty Content Locker into Your WordPress site.

10 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 2.0+ Updated Mar 10, 2013
content-lockcontent-lockercontent-lockingcpa-content-lockpage-locker
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Mighty Content Locker Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Mighty Content Locker has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 13yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "mighty-content-locker" plugin v1.0 exhibits a seemingly robust security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, resulting in zero identified entry points. Furthermore, the code analysis shows no dangerous functions, file operations, or external HTTP requests, and all SQL queries are secured with prepared statements. This indicates a strong commitment to avoiding common plugin vulnerabilities. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping, with 100% of the three identified outputs being unescaped. This presents a direct risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, as any user-supplied data displayed to other users could be exploited.

The vulnerability history is also clean, with no recorded CVEs, which is a positive indicator. The absence of taint analysis flows also suggests that known taint paths were not identified during the analysis, which is beneficial. Despite the lack of known vulnerabilities and a small attack surface, the unescaped output is a critical flaw that needs immediate attention. The plugin's strengths lie in its avoidance of direct execution vulnerabilities and SQL injection, but its weakness in output sanitization leaves it open to client-side attacks.

Key Concerns

  • 100% of outputs are not properly escaped
  • No nonce checks on AJAX handlers (though none exist)
  • No capability checks (though none exist)
Vulnerabilities
None known

Mighty Content Locker Security Vulnerabilities

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

Mighty Content Locker Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped3 total outputs
Attack Surface

Mighty Content Locker Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_menuwpmcl.php:14
actionadmin_initwpmcl.php:15
actionadmin_noticeswpmcl.php:17
actionwp_headwpmcl.php:111
Maintenance & Trust

Mighty Content Locker Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.5.2
Last updatedMar 10, 2013
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating74/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Mighty Content Locker Developer Profile

innocoders

1 plugin · 10 total installs

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

How We Detect Mighty Content Locker

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
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HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Mighty Content Locker