Location Weather Security & Risk Analysis

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Location Weather is a flexible and easy to use weather plugin that allows you to add unlimited weather widgets and get up-to-date weather information …

10 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 4.0+ Updated Jun 12, 2019
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Location Weather Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 6yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'pflegekorb-open-weather' v1.0 plugin exhibits a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the potential attack surface. Furthermore, the plugin demonstrates sound practices in handling SQL queries, exclusively using prepared statements, and reports no critical or high-severity taint analysis findings. The clean vulnerability history, with zero recorded CVEs, is also a positive indicator. However, a notable concern is the 56% rate of properly escaped output. This means a significant portion of outputs are not being properly sanitized, potentially opening the door to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if user-supplied data is incorporated into these unescaped outputs. The lack of nonce and capability checks on potential entry points, though currently nonexistent, would be a critical oversight if any were to be introduced in future versions without proper authorization. Overall, while the current version appears relatively secure, the unescaped output presents a latent risk that warrants attention.

Key Concerns

  • Significant portion of outputs not properly escaped
  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

Location Weather Security Vulnerabilities

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

Location Weather Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
16
20 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
2
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

56% escaped36 total outputs
Attack Surface

Location Weather Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsinc\scripts.php:12
actionwidgets_initinc\widget.php:9
Maintenance & Trust

Location Weather Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.2.24
Last updatedJun 12, 2019
PHP min version
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Location Weather Developer Profile

andreygikavchuk

1 plugin · 10 total installs

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

How We Detect Location Weather

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/pflegekorb-open-weather/assets/css/style.css
Version Parameters
pflegekorb-open-weather/assets/css/style.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
open-weather-widget
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Location Weather