Minimal Profile Widget Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/minimal-profile-widget

A simple minimal profile widget plugin for WordPress

0 active installs v1.0 PHP 5.2.4+ WP 3.0+ Updated Jun 1, 2019
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Minimal Profile Widget Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Minimal Profile Widget has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 6yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "minimal-profile-widget" v1.0 plugin exhibits an exceptionally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified attack surface points, dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, or file operations is highly commendable. Furthermore, the high percentage of properly escaped output suggests a good understanding of secure coding practices to prevent cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. The lack of any recorded vulnerabilities or CVEs in its history further reinforces this positive assessment, indicating a mature and secure development lifecycle for this plugin.

While the static analysis reveals no critical or high-severity issues, the complete absence of nonces and capability checks across all entry points (even though there are none currently) presents a theoretical risk. Should any entry points be added in future versions without proper authorization checks, these could become exploitable. However, given the current state of the plugin with zero entry points, this remains a hypothetical concern rather than an immediate threat. The lack of taint analysis results is also noteworthy, suggesting that either the analysis was not performed or no exploitable flows were found.

Key Concerns

  • No capability checks on entry points
  • No nonce checks on entry points
Vulnerabilities
None known

Minimal Profile Widget Security Vulnerabilities

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

Minimal Profile Widget Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

85% escaped27 total outputs
Attack Surface

Minimal Profile Widget Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsinc\minimal-assets.php:8
actionadmin_footerinc\minimal-profile-widget-class.php:11
actioncustomize_controls_print_footer_scriptsinc\minimal-profile-widget-class.php:12
actionplugins_loadedminimal-profile-widget.php:38
actionwidgets_initminimal-profile-widget.php:48
Maintenance & Trust

Minimal Profile Widget Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.1.22
Last updatedJun 1, 2019
PHP min version5.2.4
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Minimal Profile Widget Developer Profile

Ibrahim Hasnat

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Minimal Profile Widget

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/minimal-profile-widget/css/main.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
minimal-profileimage-areaprofile-detailssocial-linkcustommediaremove-media
Data Attributes
id="minimalprofilewidget_widget"
JS Globals
wp.media.editor.send.attachmentwp.media.editor.open
Shortcode Output
<div class="minimal-profile"><div class="image-area"><img src="<img class="thumb" src="
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Minimal Profile Widget