SMNTCS Utilities Security & Risk Analysis

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A collection of custom snippets to hide upsell ads within WP Admin.

10 active installs v2.2 PHP 7.4+ WP 4.6+ Updated Mar 21, 2025
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is SMNTCS Utilities Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

SMNTCS Utilities 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 static analysis of smntcs-utilities v2.2 indicates an exceptionally clean codebase with no identified vulnerabilities in its attack surface, code signals, or taint analysis. The plugin exhibits strong security practices by avoiding dangerous functions, performing all SQL queries using prepared statements, and ensuring all outputs are properly escaped. The absence of file operations, external HTTP requests, nonce checks, and capability checks on its entry points further contributes to a robust security posture. This suggests a developer who is highly security-aware and has implemented defensive coding techniques comprehensively.

The vulnerability history further reinforces this positive assessment, showing a complete absence of any recorded CVEs. This pattern of no past vulnerabilities, coupled with the current clean static analysis, strongly suggests that this plugin has a very low risk profile. While the lack of explicit capability checks and nonce checks on entry points could theoretically be a concern in plugins with a larger attack surface, the complete absence of any entry points in this specific case mitigates this potential risk significantly. Therefore, smntcs-utilities v2.2 can be considered a highly secure plugin based on the provided data.

Vulnerabilities
None known

SMNTCS Utilities Security Vulnerabilities

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

SMNTCS Utilities Release Timeline

v2.2Current
v2.1
v2.0
v1.9
v1.8
v1.7
v1.6
v1.5
v1.4
v1.3
v1.2
v1.1
v1.0
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

SMNTCS Utilities Code Analysis

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

SMNTCS Utilities Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
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Maintenance & Trust

SMNTCS Utilities Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedMar 21, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

SMNTCS Utilities Developer Profile

Niels Lange

23 plugins · 20K total installs

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

How We Detect SMNTCS Utilities

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about SMNTCS Utilities