WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Security & Risk Analysis

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This plugin allows WP E-Commerce store admins to select certain categories as 'bulk pricing' categories, add a product threshold and discoun …

10 active installs v1.0.2 PHP + WP 3.3+ Updated Jan 7, 2013
categoriese-commercepricingwordpress-e-commercewp-e-commerce
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

WPEC Bulk Category Pricing has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 13yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "wp-e-commerce-bulk-category-pricing" v1.0.2 exhibits a generally good security posture based on the static analysis, with no dangerous functions identified and all SQL queries utilizing prepared statements. The complete absence of known CVEs also suggests a history of stable security. However, a significant concern arises from the taint analysis, which reveals two flows with unsanitized paths. While these are not classified as critical or high severity in this analysis, they represent potential avenues for injection attacks if input is not properly validated and sanitized downstream. Additionally, the output escaping is low, with only 20% of outputs properly escaped, posing a risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if user-supplied data is displayed without adequate sanitization.

The plugin's attack surface appears to be zero based on the provided metrics, which is a strong positive indicator. The lack of shortcodes, cron events, and exposed AJAX/REST API endpoints suggests a limited exposure. However, the absence of nonce checks and capability checks across all identified entry points (even if there are none listed) is a general weakness that could become a problem if new entry points are introduced in future versions without proper security considerations. The vulnerability history is clean, which is excellent, but the current taint flow and output escaping issues indicate that diligence is still required.

Key Concerns

  • Flows with unsanitized paths found
  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
  • No nonce checks on entry points
  • No capability checks on entry points
Vulnerabilities
None known

WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Security Vulnerabilities

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

WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
1 prepared
Unescaped Output
4
1 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared1 total queries

Output Escaping

20% escaped5 total outputs
Data Flows
2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows2 with unsanitized paths
category_forms_edit (wpec_bulk_cat.php:76)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actionwpsc_product_category_add_form_fieldswpec_bulk_cat.php:18
actionwpsc_product_category_edit_form_fieldswpec_bulk_cat.php:19
actioncreated_wpsc_product_categorywpec_bulk_cat.php:20
actionedited_wpsc_product_categorywpec_bulk_cat.php:21
actioninitwpec_bulk_cat.php:22
filterwpsc_pricewpec_bulk_cat.php:23
Maintenance & Trust

WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.5.2
Last updatedJan 7, 2013
PHP min version
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating20/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

WPEC Bulk Category Pricing Developer Profile

Justin Sainton

3 plugins · 30 total installs

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

How We Detect WPEC Bulk Category Pricing

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wpsc_cat_boxwpsc_cat_image_size
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about WPEC Bulk Category Pricing