Floating Adsense Bar Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/floating-adsense-bar

Floating Adsense side bar allows you to add floating ad bar to display floating adsense or any adnetwork ads on either side of your webpage. These Ads will scroll along with the page.

30 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 2.8+ Updated Oct 14, 2012
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Floating Adsense Bar Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 13yr ago
Risk Assessment

The static analysis of the 'floating-adsense-bar' plugin v1.0 reveals a seemingly strong security posture with no identified attack surface, dangerous functions, or external HTTP requests. The absence of SQL queries without prepared statements and the lack of file operations also suggest adherence to good coding practices. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping. With 4 total outputs and 0% properly escaped, this presents a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, where malicious scripts could be injected and executed in the user's browser.

The vulnerability history further reinforces the current positive state, with no known CVEs recorded, indicating a clean track record. Despite the lack of identified vulnerabilities in the past, the critical finding of unsanitized output in the current static analysis demands immediate attention. The plugin demonstrates strengths in its limited attack surface and secure handling of SQL, but the glaring omission of output escaping creates a substantial security gap that needs to be addressed to mitigate potential XSS attacks.

Key Concerns

  • Unescaped output detected
Vulnerabilities
None known

Floating Adsense Bar Security Vulnerabilities

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

Floating Adsense Bar Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped4 total outputs
Attack Surface

Floating Adsense Bar Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actioninitfloating-adsense-bar.php:15
actionwp_footerfloating-adsense-bar.php:16
actionadmin_menufloating-adsense-bar.php:92
Maintenance & Trust

Floating Adsense Bar Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.4.2
Last updatedOct 14, 2012
PHP min version
Downloads23K

Community Trust

Rating54/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs30
Developer Profile

Floating Adsense Bar Developer Profile

Santosh Padire

2 plugins · 40 total installs

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

How We Detect Floating Adsense Bar

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/floating-adsense-bar/fab_style.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
id="ad_divRight"id="ad_divLeft"
Shortcode Output
<div id="ad_divRight"<div id="ad_divLeft"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Floating Adsense Bar