Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler

The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library.

200 active installs v1.1.4 PHP 7.1+ WP 6.5+ Updated Apr 29, 2025
action-schedulercron-managerdebugschedulerwp-cron
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 11mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler" plugin version 1.1.4 demonstrates a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of unprotected entry points across AJAX, REST API, shortcodes, and cron events, as well as a zero-day attack surface, is highly commendable. Furthermore, the plugin adheres to secure coding practices by exclusively using prepared statements for its SQL queries, conducting nonce and capability checks, and avoiding dangerous functions and file operations. The taint analysis also reveals no critical or high-severity flows with unsanitized paths, indicating no obvious injection vulnerabilities.

The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with zero known CVEs. This lack of historical vulnerabilities, combined with the robust static analysis, suggests a well-maintained and secure codebase. While the output escaping is not perfect at 83%, the remaining 17% of unescaped outputs, given the limited entry points and lack of other significant risks, represent a very low potential for cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that would be easily exploitable in isolation. Overall, this plugin appears to be very secure, with the only minor area for potential improvement being the completion of output escaping for all outputs.

Key Concerns

  • Unescaped output found
Vulnerabilities
None known

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Security Vulnerabilities

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

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Code Analysis

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

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared2 total queries

Output Escaping

83% escaped36 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
dismiss_notice (includes\Base\AdminNotice.php:91)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionadmin_initmigrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler.php:139
actionadmin_noticesmigrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler.php:140
Maintenance & Trust

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedApr 29, 2025
PHP min version7.1
Downloads9K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings5
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress Developer Profile

Sayan Datta

5 plugins · 38K total installs

73
trust score
Avg Security Score
91/100
Avg Patch Time
218 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler/assets/css/main.css/wp-content/plugins/migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler/assets/js/main.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler/assets/js/main.js
Version Parameters
migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler/assets/css/main.css?ver=migrate-wp-cron-to-action-scheduler/assets/js/main.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
acswp-notice
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress