Social Media Sidebar Icons Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-sidebar-icons

This plugin gives the opportunity to show social icons on your website. Simply drag the widget in the widget area and enter the URL of your channels.

10 active installs v0.1 PHP + WP 4.0+ Updated Unknown
facebook-buttongoogle-buttonsocial-buttontwitter-buttonyoutube-button
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Social Media Sidebar Icons Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Social Media Sidebar Icons has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The "social-media-sidebar-icons" v0.1 plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, static analysis reveals no dangerous functions, no direct SQL queries (all use prepared statements), no file operations, no external HTTP requests, and importantly, no identified CVEs in its history. This suggests a conscientious effort by the developer to avoid common pitfalls. However, a significant concern is the complete lack of output escaping. With 31 identified output points and 0% properly escaped, this presents a substantial risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Additionally, the absence of any nonce checks or capability checks on entry points, while currently limited by a small attack surface, leaves the plugin vulnerable to privilege escalation or unauthorized actions if new entry points are introduced without proper security measures. The taint analysis also showing zero flows is positive but might be limited by the scope of the analysis for this early version.

Key Concerns

  • 0% of outputs are properly escaped
  • No nonce checks present
  • No capability checks present
Vulnerabilities
None known

Social Media Sidebar Icons Security Vulnerabilities

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

Social Media Sidebar Icons Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
31
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped31 total outputs
Attack Surface

Social Media Sidebar Icons Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 1
actionwidgets_initsocial-media-sidebar-icons.php:12
Maintenance & Trust

Social Media Sidebar Icons Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.2.39
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Social Media Sidebar Icons Developer Profile

David

1 plugin · 10 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Social Media Sidebar Icons

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/social-media-sidebar-icons/style.css/wp-content/plugins/social-media-sidebar-icons/admin-style.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
social-widgetround-colouredround-blackcorners-colouredcorners-blackfa-stackfa-lgfa-stop+11 more
Data Attributes
data-field-iddata-field-name
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Social Media Sidebar Icons