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Use with caution

Last revised:

Confidence: Medium
This plugin has been given a short, targeted code review.

Before using this plugin, you should carefully consider these findings. Read more about this recommendation.

Findings

  • SQL statements are created without proper escaping (init.php line 382, recommendations.php line 193)
  • The plugin appears to allow unauthenticated users to list posts (init.php line 197) – though this is not necessarily a security issue

Reason for the 'Use with caution' result

The plugin contains or is likely to contain a vulnerability which could be exploited by a privileged user to affect the site’s confidentiality, integrity or availability in a manner exceeding their privileges:

  • SQL statements are created without proper escaping

Failure criteria

  • Execution of unprepared SQL statements

Read more about our failure criteria.