ShareThis Reviews Security & Risk Analysis

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Integrate ShareThis reviews seamlessly into your Wordpress site.

0 active installs v1.2.2 PHP + WP 5.5+ Updated Oct 20, 2022
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is ShareThis Reviews Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

ShareThis Reviews has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 3yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "sharethis-reviews" plugin v1.2.2 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of critical or high-severity taint flows, dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, and external HTTP requests is highly commendable. Furthermore, the plugin demonstrates good security practices with a high percentage of properly escaped output and the presence of nonce and capability checks, indicating an effort to protect against common web vulnerabilities. The lack of any recorded CVEs further supports its current robust security state.

However, while the plugin is strong in preventing direct code execution and data manipulation vulnerabilities, a potential area for concern lies in the "Unprotected: 0" statistic for entry points. While this indicates no entry points are *currently* identified as unprotected, the absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events suggests a very limited attack surface. If the plugin's functionality relies on interactions not captured by these common entry points, there could be an unknown attack surface. The moderate percentage of unescaped output (86%) also represents a potential, albeit lower, risk for cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if the unescaped outputs are user-controllable.

Key Concerns

  • Moderate percentage of unescaped output
Vulnerabilities
None known

ShareThis Reviews Security Vulnerabilities

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

ShareThis Reviews Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
22
133 escaped
Nonce Checks
8
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

86% escaped155 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

3 flows
set_credentials (php\class-register.php:592)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

ShareThis Reviews Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 1
actionadmin_noticessharethis-reviews.php:35
Maintenance & Trust

ShareThis Reviews Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.0.11
Last updatedOct 20, 2022
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs0
Developer Profile

ShareThis Reviews Developer Profile

ShareThis

5 plugins · 21K total installs

91
trust score
Avg Security Score
95/100
Avg Patch Time
10 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect ShareThis Reviews

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/sharethis-reviews/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/sharethis-reviews/js/admin.js/wp-content/plugins/sharethis-reviews/js/review.js
Script Paths
//platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js#property={$this->dir_url}js/admin.js{$this->dir_url}js/review.js
Version Parameters
sharethis-reviews/css/admin.css?ver=sharethis-reviews/js/admin.js?ver=sharethis-reviews/css/sharethisreviews.css?ver=1.0.5sharethis-reviews/js/review.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
st-reviews-wrapper
Data Attributes
data-st-authordata-st-datedata-st-ratingdata-st-review-id
Shortcode Output
[sharethis_reviews]
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about ShareThis Reviews