Thumbnails and Featured Images Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnails

Autoselect the featured image and creates pixel perfect resizes on the fly without regenerate all the thumbnails.

1K active installs v1.1.8 PHP 7.0+ WP 6.1+ Updated Feb 3, 2026
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Thumbnails and Featured Images Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 1mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "thumbnails" v1.1.8 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any attack surface entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the plugin's exposure to external manipulation. Furthermore, the code demonstrates excellent security practices by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries and ensuring 100% of output is properly escaped. The presence of two nonce checks also indicates a basic level of protection against common WordPress vulnerabilities.

The taint analysis revealed no flows with unsanitized paths, suggesting that user-supplied input, if any, is being handled safely. The vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs or past vulnerabilities recorded, which generally indicates a well-maintained and secure plugin. The lack of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further bolsters this positive assessment.

Overall, the "thumbnails" v1.1.8 plugin appears to be a secure choice. Its strengths lie in its minimal attack surface, robust input sanitization, and clean vulnerability history. The only minor area for potential improvement, though not a critical flaw based on the data, would be the implementation of capability checks, as none were detected. However, given the lack of exposed entry points, this is a very low-priority concern.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Thumbnails and Featured Images Security Vulnerabilities

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

Thumbnails and Featured Images Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
9 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped9 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

1 flows
<options> (admin\options.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Thumbnails and Featured Images Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actioninitplugin.php:24
actionadmin_menuplugin.php:33
filterimage_resize_dimensionsplugin.php:36
filterimage_downsizeplugin.php:37
filterget_post_metadataplugin.php:40
Maintenance & Trust

Thumbnails and Featured Images Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedFeb 3, 2026
PHP min version7.0
Downloads39K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings6
Active installs1K
Developer Profile

Thumbnails and Featured Images Developer Profile

Stefano Lissa

14 plugins · 515K total installs

75
trust score
Avg Security Score
94/100
Avg Patch Time
650 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Thumbnails and Featured Images

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/thumbnails/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/thumbnails/js/script.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/thumbnails/js/script.js
Version Parameters
thumbnails/css/style.css?ver=thumbnails/js/script.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Thumbnails and Featured Images