Easy Peasy Adsense Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/easy-peasy-adsense

An easy peasy lemon squeezy way to insert Google Adsense ads into your Wordpress posts and pages.

30 active installs vv1.3 PHP + WP 2.8.0+ Updated Jun 23, 2019
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85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Easy Peasy Adsense Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Easy Peasy Adsense has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 6yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "easy-peasy-adsense" plugin version 1.3 presents a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it demonstrates a clean slate regarding historical vulnerabilities, with no known CVEs recorded. The plugin also avoids common pitfalls like direct SQL queries without prepared statements and external HTTP requests. However, a significant concern arises from the static analysis, specifically the output escaping. With 100% of its identified outputs unescaped, this indicates a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. The taint analysis, while not identifying critical or high severity flows, does show unsanitized paths, which, when combined with unescaped output, could potentially be exploited. The absence of nonce and capability checks, while not directly flagged as a risk in this analysis (due to zero entry points in other categories), would become a major concern if any new entry points were introduced or if the current entry points were accessible in ways not immediately apparent from this snapshot. The plugin's lack of a visible attack surface in this analysis is a strength, but the unescaped output is a critical weakness that requires immediate attention.

Key Concerns

  • Unescaped output detected
  • Flows with unsanitized paths detected
Vulnerabilities
None known

Easy Peasy Adsense Security Vulnerabilities

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

Easy Peasy Adsense Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped5 total outputs
Data Flows
2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows2 with unsanitized paths
ad_insertion_options_page (Easy-Peasy-Adsense.php:89)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Easy Peasy Adsense Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
filterthe_contentEasy-Peasy-Adsense.php:184
actionadmin_menuEasy-Peasy-Adsense.php:187
Maintenance & Trust

Easy Peasy Adsense Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.2.24
Last updatedJun 23, 2019
PHP min version
Downloads17K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs30
Developer Profile

Easy Peasy Adsense Developer Profile

Martin G

3 plugins · 40 total installs

87
trust score
Avg Security Score
90/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Easy Peasy Adsense

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Shortcode Output
[wp_campaign_1][wp_campaign_2][wp_campaign_3]
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Easy Peasy Adsense