fix(security): defense-in-depth hardening for plugin_npc

[somethingwithproof]

Summary

Defense-in-depth: SQLi prepared statements, unserialize hardening, XSS escaping.
39 findings addressed.

• PHP lint clean
• Pre-push review PASS
• Verify functionality

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR applies defense-in-depth security hardening across the plugin and its bundled Doctrine components, primarily by tightening unserialize() usage to reduce PHP object-injection risk.

Changes:

• Harden multiple unserialize() call sites by setting allowed_classes => false.
• Update Doctrine cache/parser/query paths to use the hardened unserialize behavior.
• Update NPC settings handling to use hardened unserialize when loading persisted UI state.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
lib/Doctrine/Table.php	Hardens Doctrine field preparation by restricting classes during unserialization.
lib/Doctrine/Query/Abstract.php	Hardens cached query reconstruction by restricting classes during unserialization.
lib/Doctrine/Parser/Serialize.php	Hardens parser load path by restricting classes during unserialization.
lib/Doctrine/Cache/Db.php	Hardens DB cache fetch path by restricting classes during unserialization.
controllers/settings.php	Hardens user settings load path by restricting classes during unserialization.
controllers/layoutDev.php	Attempts to harden persisted UI state load for dev layout (but currently introduces a call-site bug).

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lib/Doctrine/Query/Abstract.php:1159

• getCachedForm() serializes $customComponent, which can be a Doctrine_Collection (and therefore includes Doctrine object graphs). Unserializing with allowed_classes => false will prevent those Doctrine classes from being instantiated, so result/query cache hydration can return __PHP_Incomplete_Class objects and break consumers expecting Doctrine_Collection / records.

To keep the hardening without breaking caching, consider an allowlist of the Doctrine classes that are expected here, or change the cached form to avoid serializing objects (e.g., cache arrays/scalars only).

        $cached = unserialize($cached, array('allowed_classes' => false));
        $this->_tableAliasMap = $cached[2];
        $customComponent = $cached[0];

        $queryComponents = array();

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[TheWitness]

No compose.json in plugins.