BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Security & Risk Analysis

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BuddyPress My Friends Widgets includes two widgets to display a logged in user's friends. The small size shows 40px x 40px avatars and the big si …

10 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP + Updated Feb 11, 2010
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

BuddyPress My Friends Widgets has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 16yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "my-friends-widgets-for-buddypress" v1.0 presents a mixed security posture. On one hand, the static analysis indicates a very small attack surface with no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events. Furthermore, there are no dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, or bundled libraries. The complete absence of known CVEs and vulnerability history is also a positive indicator. However, a significant concern arises from the output escaping. With 6 total outputs and 0% properly escaped, this indicates a high likelihood of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. The lack of nonce checks and capability checks across any entry points, combined with the lack of taint analysis data (which could be due to an absence of taintable code or an incomplete analysis), leaves potential for various injection attacks if any unintended input can reach these unescaped outputs.

Key Concerns

  • No output escaping found
  • No nonce checks
  • No capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Security Vulnerabilities

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

BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped6 total outputs
Attack Surface

BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
Maintenance & Trust

BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested
Last updatedFeb 11, 2010
PHP min version
Downloads6K

Community Trust

Rating20/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

BuddyPress My Friends Widgets Developer Profile

Sarah Gooding

2 plugins · 20 total installs

89
trust score
Avg Security Score
93/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect BuddyPress My Friends Widgets

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about BuddyPress My Friends Widgets