Offer Popup Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/offers-popup

This plugin lets you add multiple offers with date and URL.

20 active installs v1.0 PHP + WP 3.5+ Updated Dec 27, 2016
bannersmultiple-offersoffer-banners-in-popup-windowoffer-in-popup-windowoffers
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Offer Popup Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Offer Popup has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 9yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "offers-popup" v1.0 plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. On one hand, it boasts a zero attack surface regarding common entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, and shortcodes, and all SQL queries are properly prepared. Furthermore, there are no known vulnerabilities (CVEs) associated with this plugin, suggesting a history of security maintenance or a lack of prior discovery. However, a significant concern arises from the taint analysis, which reveals four flows with unsanitized paths, all classified as high severity. This indicates a substantial risk of data being manipulated or injected by malicious actors. Compounding this, a complete lack of output escaping for all identified outputs is a critical weakness, making stored XSS or other output-based attacks highly probable. While the plugin has a clean vulnerability history and a small, well-contained attack surface, the identified taint flows and universal lack of output escaping present serious, exploitable security risks that need immediate attention.

Key Concerns

  • High severity unsanitized taint flows detected
  • No output escaping for any output
  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

Offer Popup Security Vulnerabilities

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

Offer Popup Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
9 prepared
Unescaped Output
34
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared9 total queries

Output Escaping

0% escaped34 total outputs
Data Flows
4 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

4 flows4 with unsanitized paths
<manage_offer> (manage_offer.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Offer Popup Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionwp_footeroffers.php:135
actionadmin_menuoffers.php:143
actioninitoffers.php:148
Maintenance & Trust

Offer Popup Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.7.32
Last updatedDec 27, 2016
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs20
Developer Profile

Offer Popup Developer Profile

DotsquaresLtd

6 plugins · 110 total installs

86
trust score
Avg Security Score
88/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Offer Popup

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/offers-popup/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/offers-popup/css/offers.css/wp-content/plugins/offers-popup/js/offers.js
Version Parameters
offers-popup/style.css?ver=offers-popup/css/offers.css?ver=offers-popup/js/offers.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
manage_offeroffer_labeloffer_inputoffererror
HTML Comments
<!-- send a cookie that expires in 2 hours -->
Data Attributes
name="manage_offer"id="manage_offer"name="offer_name"id="offer_name"name="offer_start"id="offer_start"+10 more
JS Globals
offersjs
Shortcode Output
<div class="manage_offer"><div class="offer_label">Offer Name</div><div class="offer_input"><div class="offer_label">Offer Start</div>
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Offer Popup