Search Engine Visibility Warning Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/visibility-warning

Show a warning message when your blog visibility is blocked for search engines. Also, hides the de-indexing option.

10 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 3.3.2+ Updated Aug 31, 2015
blockindexindexingsearch-enginesseo
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Search Engine Visibility Warning Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Search Engine Visibility Warning 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 "visibility-warning" plugin v1.1 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified entry points (AJAX, REST API, shortcodes, cron events) significantly limits the plugin's attack surface. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good practices with 100% of SQL queries utilizing prepared statements, and no dangerous functions, file operations, or external HTTP requests were detected. The vulnerability history being completely clean reinforces this positive assessment, indicating a well-maintained and secure plugin to date.

However, a notable concern arises from the output escaping signal. With 100% of outputs not being properly escaped, this presents a potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If any user-supplied data is reflected in the output without proper sanitization, an attacker could inject malicious scripts. While no taint flows indicating unsanitized paths were found, the lack of output escaping is a concrete vulnerability that needs attention. The plugin also has no nonce or capability checks, which, in the absence of entry points, might not be an immediate issue, but would become a critical oversight if any entry points were ever introduced or discovered.

Key Concerns

  • Outputs not properly escaped
Vulnerabilities
None known

Search Engine Visibility Warning Security Vulnerabilities

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

Search Engine Visibility Warning Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
1
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped1 total outputs
Attack Surface

Search Engine Visibility Warning Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actioninitvisibility-warning.php:31
actionadmin_initvisibility-warning.php:65
actioncurrent_screenvisibility-warning.php:68
actionadmin_noticesvisibility-warning.php:74
actionadmin_print_stylesvisibility-warning.php:131
Maintenance & Trust

Search Engine Visibility Warning Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.3.34
Last updatedAug 31, 2015
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Search Engine Visibility Warning Developer Profile

Pau Iglesias

8 plugins · 620 total installs

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

How We Detect Search Engine Visibility Warning

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Search Engine Visibility Warning