Sell from Blog Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/sell-from-blog

Sell from Blog lets you sell your ebook or software package via premium SMS payments.

10 active installs v0.99 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Sep 1, 2015
ebookpaid-contentpremiumsellsms
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Sell from Blog Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Sell from Blog has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 10yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'sell-from-blog' plugin v0.99 exhibits a concerning security posture due to several critical vulnerabilities identified in the static analysis. The presence of two unprotected AJAX handlers, coupled with a high-severity unsanitized path taint flow, presents a significant attack surface for potential exploitation. This indicates a lack of proper input validation and authorization mechanisms for these entry points, which could lead to unauthorized actions or data manipulation. Furthermore, the complete absence of output escaping for all identified outputs is a severe oversight, potentially exposing users to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The plugin's vulnerability history being clear of known CVEs is a positive sign, but it does not mitigate the immediate risks presented by the current code analysis. The strengths lie in the absence of dangerous functions and external HTTP requests, but these are overshadowed by the critical weaknesses in input handling and output sanitization.

Key Concerns

  • Unprotected AJAX handlers
  • High severity unsanitized path taint flow
  • No output escaping
  • Raw SQL queries without prepared statements
  • Missing nonce checks on AJAX
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Sell from Blog Security Vulnerabilities

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

Sell from Blog Release Timeline

v0.99Current
v0.90
v0.89
v0.88
v0.87
v0.86
v0.85
v0.84
v0.83
v0.82
v0.81
v0.80
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Sell from Blog Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
5
2 prepared
Unescaped Output
38
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
1
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

29% prepared7 total queries

Output Escaping

0% escaped38 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
1 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

3 flows1 with unsanitized paths
sellfromblog_plugin_options (sell-from-blog.php:212)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface
2 unprotected

Sell from Blog Attack Surface

Entry Points3
Unprotected2

AJAX Handlers 2

noprivwp_ajax_sellfromblogsell-from-blog.php:91
authwp_ajax_sellfromblogsell-from-blog.php:92

Shortcodes 1

[sell-from-blog] sell-from-blog.php:95
WordPress Hooks 4
actioninitsell-from-blog.php:93
actionadmin_menusell-from-blog.php:192
actionupdate_plugin_complete_actionssell-from-blog.php:389
actionwp_dashboard_setupsell-from-blog.php:395
Maintenance & Trust

Sell from Blog Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.3.34
Last updatedSep 1, 2015
PHP min version
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Sell from Blog Developer Profile

paulpela

3 plugins · 50 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Sell from Blog

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/sell-from-blog/sell-from-blog.php
Version Parameters
sell-from-blog/sell-from-blog.php?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
sellfromblogsellfromblog_error
HTML Comments
TODO Copyright 2010 Paweł Pela (email : paulpela@gmail.com) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as +8 more
Data Attributes
id="sellfromblog_email"id="sellfromblog_kod"id="sellfromblog_agree"onclick="sellfromblogForm(wpajax);"
JS Globals
wpajax
Shortcode Output
<table class="sellfromblog"><input type="text" id="sellfromblog_email"<input type="text" id="sellfromblog_kod"<input type="checkbox" id="sellfromblog_agree"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Sell from Blog