Affiliate Coupon Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite

Best Wordpress coupon plugin that can create coupons with affiliate links on your website. You can use shortcode to add to everywhere in your website.

0 active installs v1.0.0 PHP 5.6+ WP 4.5+ Updated Aug 29, 2022
affiliate-linkscoupon-plugincouponsdealswp-coupons
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Affiliate Coupon Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Affiliate Coupon has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 3yr ago
Risk Assessment

The affiliate-coupon-lite plugin v1.0.0 demonstrates a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The plugin exhibits excellent practices regarding SQL queries, utilizing prepared statements exclusively, and a high percentage of properly escaped output, significantly mitigating risks of SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The absence of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further strengthens its security. The limited attack surface, consisting of a single shortcode with no immediately apparent unprotected entry points, and the inclusion of nonce and capability checks are positive indicators.

Key Concerns

  • Limited attack surface, but 1 shortcode entry point
  • 1 capability check, but could be more robust
Vulnerabilities
None known

Affiliate Coupon Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

Affiliate Coupon Release Timeline

v1.0
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

Affiliate Coupon Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
5
70 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

93% escaped75 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
coupon_click (src/custom/helpers/functions.php:198)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Affiliate Coupon Attack Surface

Entry Points1
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 1

[couponplugin] src/custom/shortcode/shortcode.php:13
WordPress Hooks 25
actioninitaffiliate-coupon-lite.php:68
actionadmin_menusrc/custom/admin/admin.php:14
actionadmin_initsrc/custom/admin/admin.php:15
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptssrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:17
actionwp_enqueue_scriptssrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:18
actionmanage_coupon_posts_custom_columnsrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:19
actionwp_footersrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:20
actionwp_enqueue_scriptssrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:21
actioncp_code_boxsrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:22
actionadmin_noticessrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:29
filterenter_title_heresrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:31
filtermanage_coupon_posts_columnssrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:32
actionadmin_footersrc/custom/helpers/functions.php:64
actionadd_meta_boxessrc/custom/meta/meta-box.php:14
actionadd_meta_boxessrc/custom/meta/meta-box.php:15
actionsave_post_couponsrc/custom/meta/meta-box.php:16
actioncoupon-store_edit_form_fieldssrc/custom/meta/term-meta.php:14
actionedit_coupon-storesrc/custom/meta/term-meta.php:15
actioninitsrc/custom/post-type/coupon.php:14
actionsave_post_couponsrc/custom/taxonomy/config.php:14
actioninitsrc/custom/taxonomy/custom-taxonomy.php:14
actionrestrict_manage_postssrc/custom/taxonomy/custom-taxonomy.php:27
actionrestrict_manage_postssrc/custom/taxonomy/custom-taxonomy.php:53
filterparse_querysrc/custom/taxonomy/custom-taxonomy.php:79
filterparse_querysrc/custom/taxonomy/custom-taxonomy.php:98
Maintenance & Trust

Affiliate Coupon Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.0.11
Last updatedAug 29, 2022
PHP min version5.6
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Affiliate Coupon Developer Profile

Coupon Plugin Co

1 plugin · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Affiliate Coupon

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/coupon-plugin-min.css/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/coupon-plugin-min.js/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/jquery-ui.min.css/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/jquery-datetimepicker-min.css/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min-min.js/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/term-uploader-min.js/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/coupon-plugin-admin-min.css
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/coupon-plugin-min.js/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min-min.js/wp-content/plugins/affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/term-uploader-min.js
Version Parameters
affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/coupon-plugin-min.css?ver=affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/coupon-plugin-min.js?ver=affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/jquery-ui.min.css?ver=affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/jquery-datetimepicker-min.css?ver=affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min-min.js?ver=affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/js/term-uploader-min.js?ver=affiliate-coupon-lite/assets/css/coupon-plugin-admin-min.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
cp-color-fieldcp-hide-cp-deal-cp-code-
Data Attributes
id="cp-hide-id="cp-deal-id="cp-code-name="cp_store_image"
JS Globals
window.cp_admin_color_picker_init
Shortcode Output
[couponplugin id="
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Affiliate Coupon