Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Security & Risk Analysis

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Display highly profitable affiliate ads for Clickbank products. Simply drag MCG: Affiiate Ads widget on to your desired widget!

30 active installs v2.2 PHP + WP 3.0.1+ Updated Jun 23, 2022
click-bankclickbankclickbank-adsclickbank-productsclickbank-script
85
A · Safe
CVEs total1
Unpatched0
Last CVENov 14, 2017
Safety Verdict

Is Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products has a strong security track record. Known vulnerabilities have been patched promptly.

1 known CVELast CVE: Nov 14, 2017Updated 3yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin 'affiliate-ads-builder-for-clickbank-products' v2.2 exhibits a mixed security posture. While it demonstrates good practices by using prepared statements for all SQL queries and has no known currently unpatched vulnerabilities, several areas raise concerns. The static analysis reveals a significant portion of output is not properly escaped (32%), increasing the risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the presence of 5 unsanitized paths in the taint analysis, although not flagged as critical or high severity, indicates potential for input manipulation or injection flaws. The lack of nonce checks, combined with only two capability checks across all entry points, suggests that many actions might not be adequately protected against unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

Key Concerns

  • Low output escaping percentage
  • Unsanitized paths in taint analysis
  • No nonce checks on entry points
  • Few capability checks on entry points
  • Historical XSS vulnerability type
Vulnerabilities
1

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Security Vulnerabilities

CVEs by Year

1 CVE in 2017
2017
Patched Has unpatched

Severity Breakdown

Medium
1

1 total CVE

CVE-2017-18011medium · 6.4Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products < 1.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Nov 14, 2017 Patched in 1.7 (2261d)
Version History

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Release Timeline

v2.2Current
v2.1
v2.0
v1.9
v1.8
v1.7
v1.61 CVE
v1.51 CVE
v1.41 CVE
v1.31 CVE
v1.01 CVE
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
145
68 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
1
External Requests
1
Bundled Libraries
1

Bundled Libraries

jQuery

Output Escaping

32% escaped213 total outputs
Data Flows
5 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

6 flows5 with unsanitized paths
<redirect.inc> (redirect.inc.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Attack Surface

Entry Points4
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 4

[mycbgenie_text_ad] mycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:124
[mycbgenie_carousel_ad] mycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:125
[mycbgenie_image_ad] mycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:126
[mycbgenie_banner_ad] mycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:127
WordPress Hooks 13
actionwidgets_initmycbgenie_ad_widget.inc.php:601
filterthe_contentmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:38
actionwoocommerce_before_single_productmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:51
actionwoocommerce_after_single_product_summarymycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:52
actionwoocommerce_before_shop_loopmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:57
actionwoocommerce_archive_descriptionmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:62
actionwoocommerce_before_main_contentmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:66
actionwoocommerce_after_main_contentmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:74
actionwoocommerce_after_shop_loopmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:79
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:107
actionadmin_menumycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:118
actionadmin_initmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:122
filterwidget_textmycbgenie_clickbank_affiliate_ads.php:129
Maintenance & Trust

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.0.11
Last updatedJun 23, 2022
PHP min version
Downloads15K

Community Trust

Rating74/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs30
Developer Profile

Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products Developer Profile

dactum

1 plugin · 30 total installs

69
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
2261 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-ads-builder-for-clickbank-products/js/dashboard_settings.js/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-ads-builder-for-clickbank-products/js/banner_ads.js
Script Paths
js/dashboard_settings.jsjs/banner_ads.js
Version Parameters
affiliate-ads-builder-for-clickbank-products/js/dashboard_settings.js?ver=affiliate-ads-builder-for-clickbank-products/js/banner_ads.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
mcg_banner_div_
JS Globals
mycbgenie_image_ads_varsload_banner_ad_script
Shortcode Output
[mycbgenie_text_ad][mycbgenie_carousel_ad][mycbgenie_image_ad][mycbgenie_banner_ad]
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Affiliate Ads for Clickbank Products