Competitor Price Comparison Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/competitor-price-comparison

Scrapes competitor websites, maps items, compares offerings, and adjusts pricing based on rules.

20 active installs v1.7.0 PHP 8.2+ WP 6.5+ Updated Dec 1, 2025
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Competitor Price Comparison Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Competitor Price Comparison has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "competitor-price-comparison" plugin v1.7.0 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The plugin demonstrates good practices by implementing nonce and capability checks for all identified entry points, including AJAX handlers, and utilizes prepared statements for all its SQL queries. The output escaping is also very high, with only a negligible percentage of outputs potentially unescaped. Furthermore, the absence of any recorded vulnerabilities, critical taint flows, or dangerous functions in the code signals a well-developed and secure component.

Key Concerns

  • One file operation detected.
  • Four external HTTP requests detected.
  • One file operation with potential risk.
  • One unescaped output detected.
Vulnerabilities
None known

Competitor Price Comparison Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Competitor Price Comparison Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
3 prepared
Unescaped Output
4
471 escaped
Nonce Checks
12
Capability Checks
12
File Operations
1
External Requests
4
Bundled Libraries
1

Bundled Libraries

Guzzle

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared3 total queries

Output Escaping

99% escaped475 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

8 flows
handle_clear_logs (admin\class-compcom-admin.php:307)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Competitor Price Comparison Attack Surface

Entry Points5
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 5

authwp_ajax_compcom_handle_bulk_uploadadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:45
authwp_ajax_compcom_test_selectorsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:46
authwp_ajax_compcom_test_title_selectoradmin\class-compcom-admin.php:47
authwp_ajax_compcom_test_price_selectoradmin\class-compcom-admin.php:48
authwp_ajax_compcom_retrieve_product_pricesadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:49
WordPress Hooks 21
actionadmin_menuadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:24
actionadmin_initadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:25
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:28
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:29
actionadmin_initadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:31
actionadmin_post_compcom_save_mappingsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:32
actionbefore_delete_postadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:33
actionadmin_post_compcom_auto_mappingadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:36
actioncompcom_process_auto_mappingadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:37
actioncompcom_auto_map_product_batchadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:38
actionadmin_bar_menuadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:41
filteradmin_bar_menuadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:42
actionadmin_post_compcom_process_all_productsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:52
actionadmin_post_compcom_process_selected_productsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:53
actioncompcom_manual_process_all_productsadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:54
actioncompcom_process_product_batchadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:55
actionadmin_post_compcom_download_bulk_templateadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:58
actionadmin_noticesadmin\class-compcom-admin.php:60
actionadmin_noticescompetitor-price-comparison.php:25
filtercron_schedulescompetitor-price-comparison.php:84
actioncompcom_cron_eventcompetitor-price-comparison.php:175

Scheduled Events 2

compcom_cron_event
compcom_cron_event
Maintenance & Trust

Competitor Price Comparison Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 1, 2025
PHP min version8.2
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs20
Developer Profile

Competitor Price Comparison Developer Profile

gavinedley

1 plugin · 20 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Competitor Price Comparison

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/css/admin-style.css/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/admin-script.js/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/product-mapper.js/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/settings.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/admin-script.js/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/product-mapper.js/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/settings.js
Version Parameters
/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/css/admin-style.css?ver=/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/admin-script.js?ver=/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/product-mapper.js?ver=/wp-content/plugins/competitor-price-comparison/assets/js/settings.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
compcom-settings-pagecompcom-mapping-tablecompcom-product-inputcompcom-competitor-input
HTML Comments
<!-- File: admin/class-compcom-admin.php --><!-- File: includes/class-compcom.php --><!-- File: includes/class-compcom-pricing-rules.php --><!-- File: includes/class-compcom-product-mapper.php -->
Data Attributes
data-product-iddata-mapping-id
JS Globals
window.compcom_admin_ajax_urlwindow.compcom_product_mapper_ajax_urlwindow.compcom_settings_ajax_url
REST Endpoints
/wp-json/compcom/v1/get_products/wp-json/compcom/v1/save_mapping
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Competitor Price Comparison