
GDPR Consent Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/genium-gdpr-consent-popupCookie Consent PopUp is one of the simplest and most popular cookie notification plugins out there.
Is GDPR Consent Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100GDPR Consent has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The genium-gdpr-consent-popup plugin v1.0.1 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events with unprotected entry points is a significant positive. Furthermore, the code signals indicate diligent use of prepared statements for SQL queries, a single nonce check, and a capability check, all of which are good security practices. The lack of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and no recorded vulnerabilities or CVEs in its history further bolster this positive assessment. The primary area for potential concern is the 71% output escaping, meaning approximately 29% of outputs are not properly escaped. While no taint analysis flagged critical or high severity issues, unescaped output, even in low-risk scenarios, can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
Key Concerns
- Approximately 29% of outputs are not properly escaped.
GDPR Consent Security Vulnerabilities
GDPR Consent Code Analysis
Output Escaping
GDPR Consent Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 16
Maintenance & Trust
GDPR Consent Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
GDPR Consent Alternatives
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GDPR Consent Developer Profile
3 plugins · 7K total installs
How We Detect GDPR Consent
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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