VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Security & Risk Analysis

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Increase security and protect against bots, spammers and hackers with Cloudflare Turnstile, a friendly, free CAPTCHA replacement

20 active installs v1.0.4 PHP 7.4+ WP 5.9+ Updated Feb 23, 2026
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA 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 'visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile' plugin version 1.0.4 demonstrates a generally good security posture based on the static analysis. It has a small attack surface with only two AJAX entry points, both of which appear to have authentication checks, and no REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events are exposed. The code also shows positive signs such as the absence of dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries, and a high percentage of properly escaped output. The presence of nonce and capability checks further strengthens its security. The plugin also has no recorded vulnerabilities, which is a significant positive indicator.

Key Concerns

  • One external HTTP request identified
  • 81% of outputs properly escaped (19% potentially not)
Vulnerabilities
None known

VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Security Vulnerabilities

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

VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
8
35 escaped
Nonce Checks
3
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
1
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

81% escaped43 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
vwptn_turnstile_menu_options (visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:350)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 2

authwp_ajax_vwptn_turnstile_data_fetchvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:483
noprivwp_ajax_vwptn_turnstile_data_fetchvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:484
WordPress Hooks 16
actionlogin_enqueue_scriptsvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:119
actioninitvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:122
actionlogin_formvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:129
actionwp_authenticate_uservisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:130
actionregister_formvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:133
actionregistration_errorsvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:134
actionlostpassword_formvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:137
actionlostpassword_postvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:138
actioncomment_form_logged_in_aftervisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:141
actioncomment_form_after_fieldsvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:142
actionpreprocess_commentvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:143
filterninja_forms_register_fieldsvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:243
filterninja_forms_render_default_valuevisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:269
filterninja_forms_submit_datavisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:280
actionadmin_menuvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:344
filterscript_loader_tagvisualwp-cloudflare-turnstile.php:480
Maintenance & Trust

VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedFeb 23, 2026
PHP min version7.4
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs20
Developer Profile

VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA Developer Profile

sightfactory

8 plugins · 190 total installs

93
trust score
Avg Security Score
98/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile/public/js/vwptn-turnstile.js/wp-content/plugins/visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile/public/css/vwp-turnstile.css/wp-content/plugins/visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile/admin/css/vwp.css
Script Paths
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js
Version Parameters
visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile/public/js/vwptn-turnstile.js?ver=visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile/public/css/vwp-turnstile.css?ver=visualwp-cloudflare-turnstile/admin/css/vwp.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
cf-turnstile
Data Attributes
data-sitekey
JS Globals
vwpscripts
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA