Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/recently-bought-this-for-woocommerce

Recently Bought This shows on your store front a snippet of the item description and a picture of the product the customer bought, e.g.

10 active installs v0.4.0 PHP + WP 4.7+ Updated May 10, 2019
boost-salesreal-time-ordersrecentlysalestore-front
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 7yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "recently-bought-this-for-woocommerce" v0.4.0 demonstrates a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified dangerous functions, no file operations, and all SQL queries are properly prepared. The absence of external HTTP requests and bundled libraries further reduces the attack surface. The lack of any recorded vulnerabilities, including CVEs, suggests a history of secure development or minimal public exposure to targeted attacks. However, a significant concern arises from the complete absence of nonce checks and capability checks. This indicates that the plugin does not implement crucial security mechanisms for verifying user intent and permissions on any of its entry points, even though the static analysis reported zero entry points. This could potentially lead to vulnerabilities if new entry points are introduced or if existing ones are not properly secured in future versions. The 70% proper output escaping, while not perfect, is a minor concern in the context of other strong security indicators, but still warrants attention for full security.

Key Concerns

  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
  • Output escaping is not 100% proper
Vulnerabilities
None known

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Release Timeline

v0.4.0Current
v0.3.0
v0.2.5
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
3
7 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

70% escaped10 total outputs
Attack Surface

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actionadmin_initclasses.php:18
actionwp_loadedclasses.php:19
actionadmin_menuclasses.php:20
actionwp_footerclasses.php:21
actionplugins_loadedpp-recently-bought-for-woocommerce.php:26
actioninitpp-recently-bought-for-woocommerce.php:30
Maintenance & Trust

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.2.24
Last updatedMay 10, 2019
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Recently Bought This for WooCommerce Developer Profile

Piotr Pesta

8 plugins · 100 total installs

69
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
3277 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Recently Bought This for WooCommerce

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/recently-bought-for-woocommerce/_inc/recently-bought-style.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
fixed-dialog
Data Attributes
data-dialog-titledata-product-namedata-product-urldata-customer-name
JS Globals
jQuery
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Recently Bought This for WooCommerce