Mos Speed up Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/mos-speed-up

Increases the speed of your site to improve your scores in Pingdom, GTmetrix, PageSpeed and YSlow. .

10 active installs v1.0.2 PHP 5.6+ WP 4.0+ Updated Unknown
gtmetrix-rating-uppingdom-rating-upwordpress-site-speed-upwp-speed-up
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Mos Speed up Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Mos Speed up has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The mos-speed-up v1.0.2 plugin exhibits a concerning security posture, primarily due to its unprotected AJAX endpoints. While the plugin demonstrates good practices in other areas such as SQL query sanitization and output escaping, the presence of four AJAX handlers without authentication checks represents a significant attack surface. This could allow unauthenticated users to trigger potentially sensitive actions within the plugin, leading to unintended consequences or enabling further exploitation. The taint analysis did not reveal any critical or high-severity vulnerabilities, and there is no known vulnerability history, which is a positive sign. However, the absence of vulnerabilities does not negate the risks posed by the unprotected entry points. The plugin's strengths lie in its secure handling of database queries and output, but these are overshadowed by the critical weakness of exposed AJAX functionality.

Key Concerns

  • Unprotected AJAX handlers
  • No nonce checks on AJAX handlers
  • Flows with unsanitized paths found
Vulnerabilities
None known

Mos Speed up Security Vulnerabilities

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

Mos Speed up Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
8
60 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

88% escaped68 total outputs
Data Flows
3 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

3 flows3 with unsanitized paths
my_wp_ajax_noob_get_width_cb (mos-speed-up-functions.php:76)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface
4 unprotected

Mos Speed up Attack Surface

Entry Points4
Unprotected4

AJAX Handlers 4

authwp_ajax_get_widthmos-speed-up-functions.php:74
noprivwp_ajax_get_widthmos-speed-up-functions.php:75
authwp_ajax_get_heightmos-speed-up-functions.php:84
noprivwp_ajax_get_heightmos-speed-up-functions.php:85
WordPress Hooks 8
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsmos-speed-up-functions.php:17
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsmos-speed-up-functions.php:26
filterclean_urlmos-speed-up-functions.php:43
filterscript_loader_srcmos-speed-up-functions.php:69
filterstyle_loader_srcmos-speed-up-functions.php:70
actionadmin_initmos-speed-up-settings.php:45
actionadmin_menumos-speed-up-settings.php:204
actionadmin_initmos-speed-up.php:30
Maintenance & Trust

Mos Speed up Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version5.6
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Alternatives

Mos Speed up Alternatives

No alternatives data available yet.

Developer Profile

Mos Speed up Developer Profile

Md. Mostak Shahid

4 plugins · 50 total installs

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

How We Detect Mos Speed up

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/css/mos-speed-up-admin.css/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-up-functions.js/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-up-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-ajax.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-up-functions.js/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-up-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-ajax.js
Version Parameters
mos-speed-up/css/mos-speed-up-admin.css?ver=mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-up-functions.js?ver=mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-up-admin.js?ver=mos-speed-up/js/mos-speed-ajax.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
window.speed_ajax_url
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Mos Speed up