Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/nova-dashboard-widget-bbc-news-technology

The Nova Dashboard widget adds the BBC News Technology rss feed to your Dashboard

10 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 3.0.1+ Updated Unknown
bbc-newsdashboard-widgetnova-dashboard-widgetrssrss-feed
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The plugin "nova-dashboard-widget-bbc-news-technology" v1.0 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis, with no identified attack surface points, dangerous functions, SQL queries without prepared statements, or external HTTP requests. The absence of taint analysis findings and a clean vulnerability history further contributes to this positive assessment, indicating that the developers have likely adhered to secure coding practices in these critical areas. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping. With 4 total outputs, none of which are properly escaped, there is a substantial risk of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. This oversight could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into the dashboard, impacting users and potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data compromise. While the plugin's limited feature set and lack of historical vulnerabilities are strengths, the unescaped output is a critical weakness that requires immediate attention.

Key Concerns

  • 0% output escaping
Vulnerabilities
None known

Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Security Vulnerabilities

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

Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped4 total outputs
Attack Surface

Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 1
actionwp_dashboard_setupnova-dashboard-widget-bbc-news-technology.php:56
Maintenance & Trust

Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.6.1
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology Developer Profile

Conor Lyons

3 plugins · 30 total installs

87
trust score
Avg Security Score
90/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Shortcode Output
<h4 style="margin-bottom: 0;"><a href="" title="" target="_blank">
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Nova Dashboard Widget – BBC News – Technology