
SB Uploader Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/sb-uploaderAn easy, customer/user friendly way to upload images and attach them to your content. Optionally sets the featured image. Sometimes you just want to u …
Is SB Uploader Safe to Use in 2026?
Use With Caution
Score 63/100SB Uploader has 1 unpatched vulnerability. Evaluate alternatives or apply available mitigations.
The sb-uploader plugin v4.8 exhibits a concerning security posture despite a seemingly small attack surface. While there are no direct entry points like AJAX handlers or REST API routes exposed without authentication, the code signals reveal significant weaknesses. The presence of dangerous functions like `create_function` and `unserialize` is a major red flag, as these can be exploited for code execution if not handled with extreme care. Coupled with this, only 12% of output is properly escaped, indicating a high risk of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. The analysis also found that all four analyzed taint flows involved unsanitized paths, which, while not classified as critical or high severity in this specific analysis, points to a potential for insecure file handling or path traversal vulnerabilities.
Key Concerns
- Unpatched High Severity CVE
- Use of 'unserialize' function
- Use of 'create_function' function
- Low percentage of properly escaped output
- All analyzed taint flows have unsanitized paths
- No nonce checks
- No capability checks
SB Uploader Security Vulnerabilities
CVEs by Year
Severity Breakdown
1 total CVE
SB Uploader <= 4.8 - Arbitrary File Upload
SB Uploader Release Timeline
SB Uploader Code Analysis
Dangerous Functions Found
Output Escaping
Data Flow Analysis
SB Uploader Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 19
Maintenance & Trust
SB Uploader Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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SB Uploader Developer Profile
4 plugins · 360 total installs
How We Detect SB Uploader
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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