vBPress Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/vbpressvBPress seamlessly integrates WordPress with vBulletin
Is vBPress Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100vBPress has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "vbpress" v0.2 plugin exhibits a strong security posture from a static analysis perspective, showing no dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries, and no file operations or external HTTP requests. The absence of known vulnerabilities in its history is also a positive indicator. However, the analysis reveals a critical weakness: 100% of its output is not properly escaped. This means that any data outputted by the plugin to the user interface could be susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if that data originates from an untrusted source or has not been sanitized prior to output. While the attack surface is currently zero, indicating no exposed AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, this could change with future updates.
Key Concerns
- Output not properly escaped
vBPress Security Vulnerabilities
vBPress Code Analysis
Output Escaping
vBPress Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 7
Maintenance & Trust
vBPress Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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vBPress Developer Profile
2 plugins · 70 total installs
How We Detect vBPress
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/core/views/settings.php' );require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/core/views/option_section_general.php' );require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/core/views/option_field_vbpress_enabled.php' );require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/core/views/option_field_vbulletin_path.php' );