SX Social Icons Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/sx-social-icons

SX Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets.

10 active installs v1.0.0 PHP + WP 4.0+ Updated Jun 15, 2016
brandsiconsmediasocialsocial-iconsocial-icon-widget
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is SX Social Icons Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 9yr ago
Risk Assessment

The static analysis of sx-social-icons v1.0.0 reveals a generally good security posture with several positive indicators. The absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits the plugin's attack surface. Furthermore, the code signals show no dangerous functions, file operations, or external HTTP requests. All SQL queries utilize prepared statements, and the taint analysis indicates no unsanitized paths or critical/high severity flows. The vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs. However, a significant concern arises from the output escaping, where 71% of outputs are properly escaped, leaving 29% potentially unescaped. Additionally, the complete lack of nonce checks and capability checks, especially given the limited attack surface, suggests a potential oversight in implementing robust authorization and integrity checks for any future functionalities that might be added. While the current version appears secure due to its minimal attack vectors, this lack of checks could become a weakness if the plugin evolves.

Key Concerns

  • Unescaped output detected
  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

SX Social Icons Security Vulnerabilities

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

SX Social Icons Release Timeline

No version history available.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

SX Social Icons Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
27
65 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

71% escaped92 total outputs
Attack Surface

SX Social Icons Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 12
actionsave_postincludes/abstract/abstract-sx-social-icons-widget.php:61
actiondeleted_postincludes/abstract/abstract-sx-social-icons-widget.php:62
actionswitch_themeincludes/abstract/abstract-sx-social-icons-widget.php:63
actionadmin_print_footer_scriptsincludes/class-widget-sx-social-icons.php:114
actionsx_social_icons_widget_field_sx_social_iconsincludes/class-widget-sx-social-icons.php:115
actionsx_social_icons_widget_settings_sanitize_optionincludes/class-widget-sx-social-icons.php:116
actioninitsx-social-icons.php:50
actionwidgets_initsx-social-icons.php:56
actionwp_enqueue_scriptssx-social-icons.php:59
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptssx-social-icons.php:60
filterkses_allowed_protocolssx-social-icons.php:63
actionplugins_loadedsx-social-icons.php:148
Maintenance & Trust

SX Social Icons Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.4.34
Last updatedJun 15, 2016
PHP min version
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

SX Social Icons Developer Profile

RedWeb.tn

4 plugins · 40 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect SX Social Icons

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/sx-social-icons/assets/css/sx-social-icons.css/wp-content/plugins/sx-social-icons/assets/css/widgets.css/wp-content/plugins/sx-social-icons/assets/js/widgets.js/wp-content/plugins/sx-social-icons/assets/js/widgets.min.js
Script Paths
assets/js/widgets.jsassets/js/widgets.min.js
Version Parameters
sx-social-icons/assets/css/sx-social-icons.css?ver=sx-social-icons/assets/css/widgets.css?ver=sx-social-icons/assets/js/widgets.js?ver=sx-social-icons/assets/js/widgets.min.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
sx-social-icons-widget
Data Attributes
data-widget-iddata-social-icon-type
JS Globals
SxSocialIconsWidget
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about SX Social Icons