Simple Login Notification Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/simple-login-notification

Sends a notification email when admins and other users log in to your site.

1K active installs v2.2 PHP 5.6.20+ WP 5.3+ Updated Feb 2, 2026
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Simple Login Notification Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Simple Login Notification has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 2mo ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin 'simple-login-notification' v2.2 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events with unprotected entry points is a significant positive indicator. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good practices by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries and having a high percentage (82%) of properly escaped output. The presence of nonce and capability checks, while not exhaustive across all potential interactions (as there are few entry points to check), suggests an awareness of security principles. The lack of any recorded vulnerabilities in its history also contributes to a favorable assessment.

However, the analysis also highlights a complete absence of taint analysis results. While this could mean no issues were found, a score of '0 flows analyzed' is unusual and suggests that the analysis itself might have been incomplete or not performed. This leaves a potential blind spot, as any exploitable flows would not have been detected. The fact that there are no identified dangerous functions or file operations is reassuring, but the limited scope of detected entry points (0 total, 0 unprotected) means the attack surface is effectively unknown, or at least not fully assessed by these metrics. The plugin's strengths lie in its current lack of known issues and solid fundamental coding practices, but the potential for undetected vulnerabilities due to incomplete analysis remains a minor concern.

Key Concerns

  • Taint analysis not performed
Vulnerabilities
None known

Simple Login Notification Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Simple Login Notification Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
9
42 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
3
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

82% escaped51 total outputs
Attack Surface

Simple Login Notification Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 14
actionwp_loginsimple-login-notification.php:73
actionadmin_initsimple-login-notification.php:371
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptssimple-login-notification.php:391
actioninitsimple-login-notification.php:442
actionadmin_print_scriptssimple-login-notification.php:464
filterplugin_action_linkssimple-login-notification.php:480
filterplugin_row_metasimple-login-notification.php:504
filteradmin_footer_textsimple-login-notification.php:526
actionadmin_menusimple-login-notification.php:538
filteradmin_initsimple-login-notification.php:566
actionadmin_noticessimple-login-notification.php:815
actionadmin_initsimple-login-notification.php:844
actionadmin_initsimple-login-notification.php:875
actionadmin_initsimple-login-notification.php:922
Maintenance & Trust

Simple Login Notification Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedFeb 2, 2026
PHP min version5.6.20
Downloads12K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings7
Active installs1K
Developer Profile

Simple Login Notification Developer Profile

Jeff Starr

30 plugins · 1.2M total installs

78
trust score
Avg Security Score
98/100
Avg Patch Time
345 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Simple Login Notification

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/simple-login-notification/

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Simple Login Notification