Nucuta Password Protect Security & Risk Analysis

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Secure your wordpress site with a password. Useful for private blogs.

10 active installs v1.0 PHP 5.6.30+ WP 4.0+ Updated Oct 23, 2017
loginpasswordpassword-protectpassword-protectionprotect
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Nucuta Password Protect Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Nucuta Password Protect has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 8yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "nucuta-password-protect" v1.0 plugin exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. It demonstrates excellent adherence to secure coding practices by having no direct entry points accessible without authentication, no dangerous function usage, and 100% of its SQL queries utilize prepared statements. The presence of nonce and capability checks, along with a high percentage of properly escaped output, further reinforces this positive assessment. The plugin also has no reported vulnerability history, which is a significant indicator of its current stability and the developer's diligence.

However, the analysis does highlight two specific concerns regarding unsanitized paths in taint analysis flows. While these are not classified as critical or high severity in this instance, unsanitized paths can potentially lead to various vulnerabilities such as path traversal or arbitrary file reads if not handled carefully. The absence of direct vulnerabilities in the history is encouraging, but the presence of unsanitized paths in the taint analysis warrants attention. Overall, the plugin is well-secured with minimal identified risks, but the taint analysis findings suggest a minor area for improvement to ensure complete robustness.

Key Concerns

  • Flows with unsanitized paths
Vulnerabilities
None known

Nucuta Password Protect Security Vulnerabilities

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

Nucuta Password Protect Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
9 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

82% escaped11 total outputs
Data Flows
2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

3 flows2 with unsanitized paths
<admin_page_html> (admin_page_html.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Nucuta Password Protect Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionwp_logoutlogout.php:4
actionadmin_menunucuta_pass_protect.php:17
actioninitplugin_backend.php:17
Maintenance & Trust

Nucuta Password Protect Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.8.28
Last updatedOct 23, 2017
PHP min version5.6.30
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Nucuta Password Protect Developer Profile

owencutajar

4 plugins · 130 total installs

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

How We Detect Nucuta Password Protect

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/nucuta-password-protect/assets/js/nucuta.js/wp-content/plugins/nucuta-password-protect/assets/css/nucuta.css
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/nucuta-password-protect/assets/js/nucuta.js
Version Parameters
nucuta-password-protect/assets/css/nucuta.css?ver=nucuta-password-protect/assets/js/nucuta.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
nucuta-password-protect-formnucuta-password-protect-login-wrapnucuta-password-protect-login-boxnucuta-password-protect-inputnucuta-password-protect-submit
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Nucuta Password Protect