Statistical Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/statistical

A helpful, little plugin that shows useful, statistical information about the content on your blog, in a widget.

10 active installs v1.0a PHP + WP 3.2+ Updated Oct 8, 2015
content-metadatainformationmetadatastatisticswidget
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Statistical Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 10yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "statistical" plugin v1.0a presents a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the static analysis reveals no identified dangerous functions, no file operations, no external HTTP requests, and 100% of SQL queries are using prepared statements, which are excellent security practices. Furthermore, there is no known vulnerability history for this plugin, suggesting a potentially clean track record. However, several areas raise significant concerns. The most notable issue is the extremely low percentage of properly escaped output (27%), indicating a high likelihood of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Additionally, the complete absence of nonce checks and capability checks on any potential entry points, coupled with zero identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, is unusual and could imply a very limited attack surface, but also a lack of security controls where they might be expected. The lack of taint analysis flows is also a concern, as it's impossible to fully assess risks without this deeper examination, though the absence of critical/high severity flows is a positive sign.

Key Concerns

  • Low output escaping percentage (27%)
  • No nonce checks on potential entry points
  • No capability checks on potential entry points
  • Zero taint analysis flows analyzed
Vulnerabilities
None known

Statistical Security Vulnerabilities

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

Statistical Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
11
4 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

27% escaped15 total outputs
Attack Surface

Statistical Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actionwp_headclass.statistics-widget.php:17
actionwidgets_initclass.statistics-widget.php:104
actionpublish_postclass.statistics.php:29
actionupdate_postclass.statistics.php:30
actiondelete_postclass.statistics.php:31
actioninitstatistics.php:59
Maintenance & Trust

Statistical Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.3.34
Last updatedOct 8, 2015
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating40/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Statistical Developer Profile

sojournings

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 Statistical

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
indefiniteloop-stats
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Statistical