Simple News and Slider Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider

A quick, easy and simple way to add an News custom post type, vertical scrolling news list to Wordpress. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.

0 active installs v1.1.0 PHP 7.0+ WP 4.0+ Updated Jun 11, 2020
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Simple News and Slider Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 5yr ago
Risk Assessment

The static analysis of "simple-news-list-and-slider" v1.1.0 reveals a generally good security posture with no identified critical or high-severity issues in the code signals or taint analysis. The plugin demonstrates good practices by exclusively using prepared statements for SQL queries and avoiding dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests. The absence of known vulnerabilities further strengthens its current security standing. However, a significant concern lies in the output escaping, with only 27% of identified outputs being properly escaped. This indicates a potential for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, especially given the presence of a shortcode, which is a common entry point for such attacks. While no explicit unsanitized paths or critical taint flows were detected, the low output escaping rate warrants attention and suggests that user-supplied data within the shortcode's output might not be sufficiently sanitized, posing a risk that could be exploited.

Key Concerns

  • Low output escaping rate (27%)
  • No nonce checks
  • No capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Simple News and Slider Security Vulnerabilities

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

Simple News and Slider Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
11
4 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
1

Bundled Libraries

jQuery

Output Escaping

27% escaped15 total outputs
Attack Surface

Simple News and Slider Attack Surface

Entry Points1
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 1

[news_slider] includes\shortcode.php:211
WordPress Hooks 6
actionadmin_initincludes\admin.php:8
actioninitincludes\post-type.php:9
actioninitincludes\post-type.php:55
actionadmin_menuincludes\settings.php:7
actionadmin_initincludes\settings.php:17
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsnews-slider.php:51
Maintenance & Trust

Simple News and Slider Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.4.19
Last updatedJun 11, 2020
PHP min version7.0
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Simple News and Slider Developer Profile

sumitbhagirath

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Simple News and Slider

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/css/nwowls.css/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/assets/owl.carousel.css/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/assets/owl.theme.default.css/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/vendors/jquery.min.js/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/owl.carousel.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/vendors/jquery.min.js/wp-content/plugins/simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/owl.carousel.js
Version Parameters
simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/css/nwowls.css?ver=simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/assets/owl.carousel.css?ver=simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/assets/owl.theme.default.css?ver=simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/vendors/jquery.min.js?ver=simple-news-list-and-slider/assets/owlcarousel/owl.carousel.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
nwowls-news-postnwowls-firstnwowls-lasthas-datehas-no-datenwowls-news-no-imagenews-title
Data Attributes
grid-news-thumb
Shortcode Output
<div class="owl-carousel owl-theme"><div class="nwowlsfree-plugin news-clearfix">
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Simple News and Slider