
Screenshot Generator Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/screenshot-generatorScreenshot Generator takes screenshots of posts and pages when they are updated. These screenshots can be used for e.g. previews in social media.
Is Screenshot Generator Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Screenshot Generator has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'screenshot-generator' plugin v0.1.7 presents a mixed security posture. While there's no known vulnerability history and SQL queries are properly prepared, several significant code signals raise concerns. The presence of the `exec` function, combined with a complete lack of output escaping, creates a substantial risk for cross-site scripting (XSS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities. Taint analysis reveals flows with unsanitized paths, indicating potential injection risks, though no critical or high severity issues were identified in this specific analysis. The absence of nonce checks and capability checks on entry points, despite a seemingly small attack surface, means that if any vulnerabilities were to be introduced, they could be exploited with relative ease. The plugin's strengths lie in its clean history and secure database interactions, but the critical weaknesses in output handling and the use of dangerous functions require immediate attention.
Key Concerns
- Dangerous function 'exec' used
- Output escaping not implemented
- Flows with unsanitized paths detected
- No nonce checks
- No capability checks
Screenshot Generator Security Vulnerabilities
Screenshot Generator Release Timeline
Screenshot Generator Code Analysis
Dangerous Functions Found
Output Escaping
Data Flow Analysis
Screenshot Generator Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 7
Scheduled Events 1
Maintenance & Trust
Screenshot Generator Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Screenshot Generator Developer Profile
2 plugins · 110 total installs
How We Detect Screenshot Generator
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
screenshot-generator/style.css?ver=screenshot-generator/admin.js?ver=HTML / DOM Fingerprints
data-scrgen-widthdata-scrgen-heightdata-scrgen-enable-croppingdata-scrgen-crop-leftdata-scrgen-crop-topdata-scrgen-crop-width+2 morescrgen_settings