Site-Sonar Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/site-sonar

Real-Time Web Site Monitoring

10 active installs v0.2 PHP + WP 2.9+ Updated Sep 29, 2011
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Site-Sonar Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Site-Sonar has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 14yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'site-sonar' v0.2 plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it has zero known CVEs and no recorded historical vulnerabilities, suggesting a generally well-maintained or less-targeted plugin. The static analysis also shows a complete absence of dangerous functions, external HTTP requests, and SQL queries not using prepared statements. However, significant concerns arise from the code analysis. Notably, 100% of its output is unescaped, posing a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Additionally, while the attack surface appears small with zero entry points identified, the taint analysis reveals two flows with unsanitized paths, indicating potential injection vulnerabilities despite the lack of critical or high severity findings in this analysis. The absence of nonce and capability checks, while not directly tied to an explicit attack vector in the static analysis, indicates a lack of robust security controls that could be exploited if new entry points were discovered or introduced.

Key Concerns

  • All output is unescaped
  • Taint flows with unsanitized paths
  • No nonce checks
  • No capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Site-Sonar Security Vulnerabilities

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

Site-Sonar Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped8 total outputs
Data Flows
2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows2 with unsanitized paths
site_sonar_html_page (site-sonar-wp.php:78)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Site-Sonar Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionwp_headsite-sonar-wp.php:16
actionadmin_menusite-sonar-wp.php:25
Maintenance & Trust

Site-Sonar Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.2.1
Last updatedSep 29, 2011
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Site-Sonar Developer Profile

technalab

1 plugin · 10 total installs

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

How We Detect Site-Sonar

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/site-sonar/site-sonar.css/wp-content/plugins/site-sonar/site-sonar.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/site-sonar/site-sonar.js
Version Parameters
site-sonar/site-sonar.css?ver=site-sonar/site-sonar.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
SS_PASSWORDSS_DATABASE_FILENAMESS_PAGEVIEWS_LIMITSS_SESSION_FIELDSSS_SCRIPT_PATHSS_SERVER_DATA
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Site-Sonar