SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/scenechat-video-sharing-and-commenting-tool

SceneChat adds an interactive social toolbar to the videos on your site. It helps engage your audience, grow your traffic, and drive conversion.

10 active installs v2.0.0 PHP + WP 2.0.2+ Updated Jun 5, 2012
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Safety Verdict

Is SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 13yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "scenechat-video-sharing-and-commenting-tool" v2.0.0 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events with unprotected entry points suggests a minimal attack surface. Furthermore, the complete absence of dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, and any taint analysis findings with critical or high severity is highly encouraging.

However, a notable concern arises from the output escaping. With 4 total outputs and only 50% properly escaped, there is a significant risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Any user-supplied data that is not properly escaped before being displayed to other users could be exploited. The lack of any recorded vulnerabilities in its history is a positive indicator, suggesting a history of secure development, but the identified output escaping issue should be addressed to maintain this record.

In conclusion, while the plugin demonstrates good practices in many critical security areas, the unescaped output represents a clear and present danger that requires immediate attention. Addressing this single weakness would elevate the plugin's security to an excellent level, given its otherwise clean analysis.

Key Concerns

  • 50% of outputs unescaped
Vulnerabilities
None known

SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Security Vulnerabilities

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

SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
2 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
4
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

50% escaped4 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
scenechat_admin_management_page (admin\admin.php:79)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionadmin_menuadmin\admin.php:3
actionwp_headscenechat.php:61
Maintenance & Trust

SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.3.2
Last updatedJun 5, 2012
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website Developer Profile

msales75

1 plugin · 10 total installs

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

How We Detect SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website

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

Asset Fingerprints

Script Paths
/scenechat-video-sharing-and-commenting-tool/scenechat.php

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

HTML Comments
<!-- SceneChat BEGIN --><!-- SceneChat END -->
JS Globals
nss
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about SceneChat – Socially Ignite the Videos on Your Website