
Geo-Location Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/geo-location-commentsGeo-Location & Tagging Support For WordPress Comments.
Is Geo-Location Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Geo-Location has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "geo-location-comments" v0.2 plugin presents a mixed security posture. On the positive side, static analysis shows no dangerous functions, no file operations, no external HTTP requests, and the single SQL query utilizes prepared statements. Furthermore, there is no recorded vulnerability history, suggesting a lack of past security issues. However, a significant concern is the complete lack of output escaping on all four identified output points. This leaves the plugin vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, where malicious scripts could be injected into comment sections and executed in the browsers of other users. The absence of nonce checks and capability checks on entry points also indicates a potential for unauthorized actions, although the current attack surface is zero, mitigating this risk for now.
Key Concerns
- All outputs are unescaped
- No nonce checks on entry points
- No capability checks on entry points
Geo-Location Security Vulnerabilities
Geo-Location Release Timeline
Geo-Location Code Analysis
SQL Query Safety
Output Escaping
Geo-Location Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 8
Maintenance & Trust
Geo-Location Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Geo-Location Developer Profile
3 plugins · 30 total installs
How We Detect Geo-Location
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/geo-location-comments/inc/geo_options.php/wp-content/plugins/geo-location-comments/inc/geo_admin_layout.php/wp-content/plugins/geo-location-comments/inc/activation_hooks.php/wp-content/plugins/geo-location-comments/inc/geo_comments.php/wp-content/plugins/geo-location-comments/inc/geo-stats.php/wp-content/plugins/geo-location-comments/inc/meta_box.php