Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/sirve

Create listings of services or products smoothly with tons of customization options. Manage your product and service listings in a professional way!

20 active installs v1.1.0 PHP + WP 5.0+ Updated Dec 4, 2025
listingsreviewsservicesirvewp-listings
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Sirve – Simple Directory Listing has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "sirve" v1.1.0 plugin exhibits a generally strong security posture, with no known vulnerabilities and robust implementation of security best practices like prepared statements for SQL queries. The absence of critical or high-severity taint flows, along with the presence of nonce and capability checks on its identified entry points, are positive indicators. However, the static analysis reveals a concerning trend: 100% of the analyzed taint flows involve unsanitized paths. While no critical or high severity issues were flagged, this widespread unsanitized path processing across all flows is a significant weakness. It indicates a high potential for vulnerabilities if any of these paths are ever exposed to malicious input, even if current exploitation vectors are not apparent or if the plugin's usage context prevents them. The plugin's history of zero vulnerabilities is commendable, but the high percentage of unsanitized paths suggests this might be due to luck or a limited attack surface rather than proactive sanitization. Therefore, while the plugin demonstrates good practices in some areas, the pervasive issue of unsanitized paths presents a considerable latent risk.

Key Concerns

  • 100% of analyzed flows have unsanitized paths
  • 66% of output is not properly escaped
Vulnerabilities
None known

Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Security Vulnerabilities

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

Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
180
353 escaped
Nonce Checks
3
Capability Checks
3
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

66% escaped533 total outputs
Data Flows
10 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

10 flows10 with unsanitized paths
<archive-category> (frontend\templates\archive-category.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Attack Surface

Entry Points6
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 4

authwp_ajax_sirve_searchinclude\class.sirve-filter.php:16
noprivwp_ajax_sirve_searchinclude\class.sirve-filter.php:17
authwp_ajax_sirve_category_searchinclude\class.sirve-filter.php:19
noprivwp_ajax_sirve_category_searchinclude\class.sirve-filter.php:20

Shortcodes 2

[sirve_page] include\shortcodes.php:15
[sirve] include\shortcodes.php:61
WordPress Hooks 34
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin\class.admin-init.php:7
filterdisplay_post_statesadmin\class.admin-init.php:10
actionload-options-permalink.phpadmin\class.admin-init.php:12
actionsirve_category_add_form_fieldsadmin\class.admin-init.php:15
actionsirve_category_edit_form_fieldsadmin\class.admin-init.php:16
actionedited_sirve_categoryadmin\class.admin-init.php:17
actioncreate_sirve_categoryadmin\class.admin-init.php:18
actionsirve_tag_add_form_fieldsadmin\class.admin-init.php:21
actionsirve_tag_edit_form_fieldsadmin\class.admin-init.php:22
actionedited_sirve_tagadmin\class.admin-init.php:23
actioncreate_sirve_tagadmin\class.admin-init.php:24
actionadmin_menuadmin\classes\class.admin-settings.php:9
actionadmin_initadmin\classes\class.admin-settings.php:10
actioninitadmin\classes\class.admin-settings.php:11
actioninitadmin\classes\class.custom-post-type.php:8
actionmanage_sirve_posts_columnsadmin\classes\class.manage.post-columns.php:16
actionmanage_sirve_posts_custom_columnadmin\classes\class.manage.post-columns.php:17
actionmanage_edit-sirve_tag_columnsadmin\classes\class.manage.post-columns.php:20
actionmanage_sirve_tag_custom_columnadmin\classes\class.manage.post-columns.php:21
actionmanage_edit-sirve_event_columnsadmin\classes\class.manage.post-columns.php:24
actionmanage_sirve_event_custom_columnadmin\classes\class.manage.post-columns.php:25
actionadmin_menuadmin\classes\class.recommended_Plugins.php:78
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin\classes\class.recommended_Plugins.php:79
actioninitadmin\classes\class.recommended_plugins_menu_call.php:8
actionadmin_initadmin\include\custom-meta-fields.php:2
actionsave_postadmin\include\custom-meta-fields.php:167
actioninitinclude\class.sirve.php:20
actionplugins_loadedinclude\class.sirve.php:21
actioninitinclude\class.sirve.php:22
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsinclude\class.sirve.php:23
filterarchive_templateinclude\class.sirve.php:27
filtertheme_page_templatesinclude\class.sirve.php:31
filtertemplate_includeinclude\class.sirve.php:32
actionadmin_noticesinclude\class.sirve.php:50
Maintenance & Trust

Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 4, 2025
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs20
Developer Profile

Sirve – Simple Directory Listing Developer Profile

HasThemes

14 plugins · 16K total installs

77
trust score
Avg Security Score
97/100
Avg Patch Time
179 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Sirve – Simple Directory Listing

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/sirve/admin/assets/css/admin-options-panel.css/wp-content/plugins/sirve/admin/assets/js/admin-main.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/sirve/admin/assets/js/admin-main.js
Version Parameters
sirve-admin?ver=sirve-admin/assets/css/admin-options-panel.css?ver=sirve-admin/assets/js/admin-main.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
sirve_permalink
Data Attributes
id="sirve_permalink_base"id="sirve_category_permalink_base"id="sirve_tag_permalink_base"id="sirve_event_permalink_base"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Sirve – Simple Directory Listing