Spice Social Share Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/spice-social-share

Effortlessly add social share buttons to your posts.

5K active installs v1.2.2 PHP 5.2+ WP 5.3+ Updated Jan 1, 2025
facebook-sharelinkedin-sharesocialtwitter-sharewhatsapp
92
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Spice Social Share Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Spice Social Share 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 'spice-social-share' plugin version 1.2.2 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. It demonstrates excellent adherence to secure coding practices, with no dangerous functions, all SQL queries using prepared statements, and 100% of output properly escaped. The absence of file operations and external HTTP requests further minimizes potential attack vectors. Crucially, the plugin has no recorded vulnerabilities, including critical or high severities, and no known unpatched CVEs, suggesting a mature and well-maintained codebase regarding security. However, the lack of any reported vulnerability history makes it difficult to infer patterns of past issues and their resolution, which is a minor point of uncertainty. The most significant area for potential concern, albeit theoretical given the other positive findings, is the presence of a shortcode entry point without any explicit mention of authorization or capability checks directly tied to it in the static analysis results. While the plugin might implicitly handle this through WordPress core or other means, direct checks would offer greater assurance.

Key Concerns

  • Shortcode entry point without explicit auth checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Spice Social Share Security Vulnerabilities

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

Spice Social Share Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped34 total outputs
Attack Surface

Spice Social Share Attack Surface

Entry Points1
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 1

[spice_social_share] spice-social-share.php:65
WordPress Hooks 8
actioncustomize_registerinc\customizer\customizer.php:369
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsinc\customizer\fonts.php:25
actioninitspice-social-share.php:63
filterthe_contentspice-social-share.php:64
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsspice-social-share.php:66
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsspice-social-share.php:67
actioncustomize_registerspice-social-share.php:68
actionafter_setup_themespice-social-share.php:69
Maintenance & Trust

Spice Social Share Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.7.5
Last updatedJan 1, 2025
PHP min version5.2
Downloads65K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs5K
Developer Profile

Spice Social Share Developer Profile

spicethemes

34 plugins · 63K total installs

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

How We Detect Spice Social Share

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/spice-social-share/assets/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/spice-social-share/assets/css/font-awesome/css/all.min.css/wp-content/plugins/spice-social-share/assets/css/custom.css/wp-content/plugins/spice-social-share/assets/js/socialshare.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/spice-social-share/assets/js/socialshare.js
Version Parameters
spice-social-share/assets/css/admin.css?ver=spice-social-share/assets/css/custom.css?ver=spice-social-share/assets/js/socialshare.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
spice_share_wrapperspice_share_titlesocial-icon-boxspice_social_share_listmarginspice_share_itemspice_social_share_linkspice_social_share_link_facebook+5 more
Data Attributes
aria-label="facebook"aria-label="twitter"aria-label="linkedin"aria-label="envelope"aria-label="pinterest"aria-label="WhatsApp"
JS Globals
SPICE_SOCIAL_SHARE_URLSPICE_SOCIAL_SHARE_PATHSPICE_SOCIAL_SHARE_VERSION
Shortcode Output
<div class="spice_share_wrapper"><p class="spice_share_title">Share this content:</p><div class="social-icon-box"><ul class="spice_social_share_list margin">
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Spice Social Share