Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/rate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce

Allows merchants to easily enable and configure the rate limiting settings for WooCommerce.

200 active installs v1.2 PHP 7.4+ WP 6.1+ Updated Oct 2, 2024
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "rate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce" plugin version 1.2 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of unprotected AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events indicates a well-defined and secured attack surface. The code signals further reinforce this, with no dangerous functions, all SQL queries using prepared statements, and proper output escaping. The presence of a nonce check is also a positive indicator of secure handling of user interactions.

Taint analysis reveals no unsanitized paths or critical/high severity flows, suggesting that data processed by the plugin is handled securely and does not present immediate risks of injection or other data manipulation vulnerabilities. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with no recorded CVEs, further cementing its current secure state. This lack of historical vulnerabilities and absence of critical findings in code analysis point to robust development practices.

Overall, this plugin demonstrates excellent security hygiene. The comprehensive implementation of security best practices, from input handling to database interactions and user authentication checks, makes it appear very safe. The minimal attack surface and lack of any identified vulnerabilities are significant strengths.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Security Vulnerabilities

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

Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped2 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
save_wc_rate_limiting_settings (rate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce.php:173)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionbefore_woocommerce_initrate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce.php:65
filterwoocommerce_get_sections_advancedrate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce.php:67
filterwoocommerce_get_settings_advancedrate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce.php:68
actionwoocommerce_update_options_advancedrate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce.php:69
filterwoocommerce_store_api_rate_limit_optionsrate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce.php:70
Maintenance & Trust

Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.6.5
Last updatedOct 2, 2024
PHP min version7.4
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce Developer Profile

Niels Lange

20 plugins · 20K total installs

90
trust score
Avg Security Score
94/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

REST Endpoints
/wp-json/rate-limiting-ui-for-woocommerce/v1/settings
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Rate limiting UI for WooCommerce