SocketLabs Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/socketlabsThe SocketLabs WordPress Plugin allows you to easily send email generated by WordPress through the SocketLabs Email Delivery Service.
Is SocketLabs Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100SocketLabs has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The static analysis of SocketLabs v1.2.1 reveals a generally good security posture with no critical issues detected in core areas like SQL injection or taint flows. The complete absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits the plugin's attack surface. Furthermore, all observed SQL queries utilize prepared statements, which is an excellent security practice. However, a major concern arises from the lack of output escaping on all detected outputs. This leaves the plugin vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks where user-supplied data, if processed without proper sanitization, could be rendered directly in the browser. The plugin's vulnerability history is clean, with no recorded CVEs, suggesting a diligent development or a lack of prior significant security flaws. While the absence of attack vectors is a strong positive, the universally unescaped output is a significant weakness that needs immediate attention.
Key Concerns
- All detected outputs lack proper escaping
SocketLabs Security Vulnerabilities
SocketLabs Release Timeline
SocketLabs Code Analysis
Output Escaping
SocketLabs Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 6
Maintenance & Trust
SocketLabs Maintenance & Trust
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Community Trust
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SocketLabs Developer Profile
1 plugin · 1K total installs
How We Detect SocketLabs
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/socketlabs/css/socketlabs-admin.css/wp-content/plugins/socketlabs/js/socketlabs-admin.jssocketlabs-admin.css?ver=socketlabs-admin.js?ver=HTML / DOM Fingerprints
socketlabs-admin-display<!-- The SocketLabs WordPress Plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
any later version. --><!-- The SocketLabs WordPress Plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details. --><!-- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with The SocketLabs WordPress Plugin. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt. --><!-- An instance of this class should be passed to the run() function
defined in Sl_Signup_Loader as all of the hooks are defined
in that particular class. -->+5 moredata-menu-slug="socketlabs/admin/partials/socketlabs-admin-display.php"window.socketlabs_admin