People Page Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/people-page

Create a "People Page" that displays a list of selected site users with photos, bios, titles, links and more.

20 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Aug 8, 2014
authorsbiosphotosstaffusers
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is People Page Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

People Page has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 11yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'people-page' plugin v1.1 exhibits a generally good security posture, with several positive indicators. Notably, all identified entry points (1 AJAX handler) have associated authorization checks. The absence of REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events contributes to a minimal attack surface. Furthermore, all SQL queries are executed using prepared statements, which is a critical security practice. The plugin also demonstrates good practice by incorporating nonce and capability checks. However, a significant concern arises from the presence of the `create_function` dangerous function, which can lead to code injection vulnerabilities if not handled with extreme caution. Additionally, the output escaping is only 48% proper, indicating a substantial risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the remaining 52% of outputs. The plugin has no recorded vulnerabilities, which is a strong positive sign, suggesting a proactive approach to security or a lack of past discovered issues.

Key Concerns

  • Presence of dangerous function create_function
  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
Vulnerabilities
None known

People Page Security Vulnerabilities

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

People Page Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
1
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
12
11 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Dangerous Functions Found

create_functionadd_filter( 'teeny_mce_before_init', create_function( '$a', 'people-page.php:328

Output Escaping

48% escaped23 total outputs
Attack Surface

People Page Attack Surface

Entry Points1
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 1

authwp_ajax_people_savepeople-page.php:274
WordPress Hooks 9
actionwp_enqueue_scriptspeople-page.php:21
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptspeople-page.php:188
actionsave_postpeople-page.php:247
actionshow_user_profilepeople-page.php:290
actionedit_user_profilepeople-page.php:291
actionpersonal_options_updatepeople-page.php:313
actionedit_user_profile_updatepeople-page.php:314
filterteeny_mce_before_initpeople-page.php:328
actionadmin_headpeople-page.php:343
Maintenance & Trust

People Page Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.9.40
Last updatedAug 8, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating66/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs20
Developer Profile

People Page Developer Profile

jethin

5 plugins · 150 total installs

86
trust score
Avg Security Score
88/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect People Page

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/people-page/style-admin.css/wp-content/plugins/people-page/script-user-edit-upload.js/wp-content/plugins/people-page/script.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
people-pagepersonphotouserphotonametitlepostsAndWebsitebracket+11 more
Data Attributes
id="people-page"id="author-class="photo"class="photo userphoto"class="name"class="title"+14 more
Shortcode Output
<div id="people-page"<div id="author-<h3 class="name"><div class="title">
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about People Page