Christmas Countdown Widget Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/santas-christmas-countdownDisplays a cute Santa Claus Christmas Countdown in your sidebar. Use the shortcode [countdown] to display the countdown on any post or page.
Is Christmas Countdown Widget Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Christmas Countdown Widget has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "santas-christmas-countdown" plugin v3.1 exhibits a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and SQL queries executed without prepared statements are all positive indicators. Furthermore, the fact that there are no known vulnerabilities (CVEs) and no critical or high-severity taint flows detected suggests a well-maintained codebase. However, a significant concern lies in the output escaping. With only 25% of outputs properly escaped, there is a substantial risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, especially given the presence of 3 shortcodes which are common entry points for user-provided data. The complete lack of nonce and capability checks across all entry points is also a critical oversight, leaving the plugin susceptible to various attacks if any of the shortcodes can be triggered in a way that manipulates state or data.
Key Concerns
- Low output escaping rate (25%)
- 0 Nonce checks on entry points
- 0 Capability checks on entry points
Christmas Countdown Widget Security Vulnerabilities
Christmas Countdown Widget Release Timeline
Christmas Countdown Widget Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Christmas Countdown Widget Attack Surface
Shortcodes 3
WordPress Hooks 2
Maintenance & Trust
Christmas Countdown Widget Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Christmas Countdown Widget Developer Profile
4 plugins · 350 total installs
How We Detect Christmas Countdown Widget
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/santas-christmas-countdown/css/cw_xmascount-styles.css/wp-content/plugins/santas-christmas-countdown/scripts/scriptfile.jssantas-christmas-countdown/css/cw_xmascount-styles.css?ver=santas-christmas-countdown/scripts/scriptfile.js?ver=HTML / DOM Fingerprints
cw_countdown-text<!--
cw_axmascount();
//--></script>id="cw_countdown"class="cw_countdown-text"cw_axmascount()<div style="float:left;padding-right:15px;"><div id="cw_countdown"><div class="cw_countdown-text">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
cw_axmascount();
//--></script></div></div></div><div style="float:right;padding-left:15px;"><div id="cw_countdown"><div class="cw_countdown-text">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
cw_axmascount();
//--></script></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0 auto;"><div id="cw_countdown"><div class="cw_countdown-text">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
cw_axmascount();
//--></script></div></div></div>