Single Taxonomy Selector Security & Risk Analysis

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A powerful plugin that simplifies taxonomy term selection by enabling users to select a single parent term and its child terms with flexible selection …

10 active installs v1.1.1 PHP 7.0+ WP 6.4+ Updated Mar 12, 2025
adminpostradiotaxonomyui
92
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Single Taxonomy Selector Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Single Taxonomy Selector has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "single-taxonomy-selector" plugin, version 1.1.1, presents a mixed security picture. On the positive side, the static analysis reveals no identified dangerous functions, no direct SQL queries (all use prepared statements), no file operations, and no external HTTP requests. The absence of any known vulnerabilities in its history, including critical or high severity ones, further suggests a generally secure development approach. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping. With 8 outputs analyzed, none are properly escaped, indicating a potential for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if user-supplied data is ever rendered directly in the frontend without sanitization. Additionally, the absence of nonce checks and capability checks across all entry points, though currently showing zero entry points in the static analysis, means that if any were to be introduced in the future, they would likely be unprotected, posing a risk.

Key Concerns

  • All outputs are unescaped
  • No nonce checks found
  • No capability checks found
Vulnerabilities
None known

Single Taxonomy Selector Security Vulnerabilities

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

Single Taxonomy Selector Release Timeline

v1.1.1Current
v1.1.0
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Single Taxonomy Selector Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped8 total outputs
Attack Surface

Single Taxonomy Selector Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 1
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsplugin-init.php:18
Maintenance & Trust

Single Taxonomy Selector Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.7.5
Last updatedMar 12, 2025
PHP min version7.0
Downloads672

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Single Taxonomy Selector Developer Profile

BPOTechHue

2 plugins · 10 total installs

88
trust score
Avg Security Score
92/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Single Taxonomy Selector

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/single-taxonomy-selector/assets/css/single-tax-selector.css
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/single-taxonomy-selector/assets/js/single-tax-selector-checklist.js/wp-content/plugins/single-taxonomy-selector/assets/js/single-tax-selector-metabox.js
Version Parameters
single-taxonomy-selector/assets/css/single-tax-selector.css?ver=single-taxonomy-selector/assets/js/single-tax-selector-checklist.js?ver=single-taxonomy-selector/assets/js/single-tax-selector-metabox.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
staxs-checklist-wrap
Data Attributes
data-selection-type
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Single Taxonomy Selector