Vacancy Lab Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/vacancy-lab

Add Vacancy Search and Candidate submissions that are powered by Vacancy Lab onto your Wordpress website.

0 active installs v0.7 PHP 5.2.4+ WP 4.6+ Updated Aug 13, 2020
atscrmjobsrecruitmentvacancies
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Vacancy Lab Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 5yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "vacancy-lab" v0.7 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis data. The complete absence of an attack surface through AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events is a significant positive. Furthermore, all SQL queries are correctly implemented using prepared statements, and a high percentage of output is properly escaped, mitigating common injection and XSS vulnerabilities. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests also reduces the potential for further attack vectors. The vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs, indicating a mature and secure development approach historically.

Key Concerns

  • Capability checks are absent.
  • A significant portion of outputs are not properly escaped.
Vulnerabilities
None known

Vacancy Lab Security Vulnerabilities

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

Vacancy Lab Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
48 prepared
Unescaped Output
18
127 escaped
Nonce Checks
3
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared48 total queries

Output Escaping

88% escaped145 total outputs
Attack Surface

Vacancy Lab Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionadmin_menuwpvacancylab.php:27
actioninitwpvacancylab.php:37
actionwidgets_initwpvacancylab.php:132
actionwp_enqueue_scriptswpvacancylab.php:142
filterthe_contentwpvacancylab.php:180
Maintenance & Trust

Vacancy Lab Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.5.18
Last updatedAug 13, 2020
PHP min version5.2.4
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Vacancy Lab Developer Profile

jarrettandlam

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Vacancy Lab

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/vacancy-lab/css/wpvacancylab.css/wp-content/plugins/vacancy-lab/js/wpvacancylab-script.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/vacancy-lab/js/wpvacancylab-script.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
wpvacancylab_script
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Vacancy Lab