New Twitter Button Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/new-twitter-button

Adds the all new Twitter.com button to your website.

30 active installs v2.1 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Mar 4, 2014
add-twitter-buttonnew-twitter-buttontwittertwitter-buttontwitter-button-plugin
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is New Twitter Button Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

New Twitter Button has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 12yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "new-twitter-button" v2.1 plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the static analysis reveals no known dangerous functions, no direct SQL queries, no file operations, and no external HTTP requests, which significantly reduces the potential attack vectors. The absence of any recorded vulnerabilities or CVEs in its history further suggests a relatively stable and secure past. However, a critical concern arises from the output escaping. With one total output and 0% properly escaped, any dynamic content displayed by the plugin is highly susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Additionally, the complete lack of nonce checks and capability checks across all identified entry points, though currently limited, means that if any new entry points were introduced or discovered, they would be entirely unprotected against unauthorized access and manipulation. The current state of the plugin, while appearing clean in many aspects, has a significant blind spot in output sanitization that could be easily exploited.

Key Concerns

  • Unescaped output
  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

New Twitter Button Security Vulnerabilities

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

New Twitter Button Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped1 total outputs
Attack Surface

New Twitter Button Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 4
actionadmin_initnew-twitter-button.php:18
actionadmin_menunew-twitter-button.php:19
actionthe_contentnew-twitter-button.php:20
actionthe_excerptnew-twitter-button.php:21
Maintenance & Trust

New Twitter Button Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.7.41
Last updatedMar 4, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads17K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs30
Developer Profile

New Twitter Button Developer Profile

dantaylorseo

4 plugins · 90 total installs

86
trust score
Avg Security Score
89/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect New Twitter Button

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

Asset Fingerprints

Script Paths
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
twitter-share-button
Data Attributes
data-urldata-textdata-countdata-viadata-related
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about New Twitter Button