
Sell from Blog Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/sell-from-blogSell from Blog lets you sell your ebook or software package via premium SMS payments.
Is Sell from Blog Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Sell from Blog has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
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
Sell from Blog Security Vulnerabilities
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SQL Query Safety
Output Escaping
Data Flow Analysis
Sell from Blog Attack Surface
AJAX Handlers 2
Shortcodes 1
WordPress Hooks 4
Maintenance & Trust
Sell from Blog Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
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How We Detect Sell from Blog
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Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/sell-from-blog/sell-from-blog.phpsell-from-blog/sell-from-blog.php?ver=HTML / DOM Fingerprints
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