Products Comparison for WooCommerce Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce

A simple, lightweight plugin to let your customers compare multiple WooCommerce products side by side with a modern, responsive design.

0 active installs v1.0.0 PHP 7.4+ WP 5.0+ Updated Nov 6, 2025
compare-productscomparison-tableproduct-comparisonwoocommerce
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Products Comparison for WooCommerce Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Products Comparison for WooCommerce has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 6mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce" plugin version 1.0.0 exhibits a generally strong security posture, primarily due to the absence of known vulnerabilities and a good adherence to secure coding practices. The static analysis reveals a minimal attack surface with all identified entry points (AJAX handlers, shortcodes) protected by authentication checks. The code also demonstrates excellent practices with 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements and a high percentage (92%) of output escaping. The lack of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further contributes to its robust security profile. The taint analysis shows no unsanitized paths, indicating no immediate risks of code injection or data leakage through this vector. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with no recorded CVEs, which is a very positive sign. However, the analysis does note a lack of capability checks and only two nonce checks across the identified entry points. While the current entry points are protected, this could be a weakness if new entry points are added in future versions without proper capability checks. The plugin also has several AJAX handlers without explicit capability checks, which is a potential area for concern if these handlers perform sensitive operations.

Key Concerns

  • AJAX handlers lack capability checks
  • Limited nonce checks
  • Minor output unescaped
Vulnerabilities
None known

Products Comparison for WooCommerce Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

Products Comparison for WooCommerce Release Timeline

v1.0.0Current
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Products Comparison for WooCommerce Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
6
67 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

92% escaped73 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

1 flows
<pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce> (pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Products Comparison for WooCommerce Attack Surface

Entry Points5
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 4

authwp_ajax_pbpc_add_to_comparepb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:61
noprivwp_ajax_pbpc_add_to_comparepb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:62
authwp_ajax_pbpc_remove_from_comparepb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:65
noprivwp_ajax_pbpc_remove_from_comparepb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:66

Shortcodes 1

[pbpc_product_comparison] pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:436
WordPress Hooks 14
actionadmin_menudashboard\class-wc-comparison-dashboard.php:18
actionadmin_initdashboard\class-wc-comparison-dashboard.php:21
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsdashboard\class-wc-comparison-dashboard.php:24
actionbefore_woocommerce_initpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:27
actioninitpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:52
actionwoocommerce_before_add_to_cart_formpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:58
actionwp_footerpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:69
actionwp_enqueue_scriptspb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:72
filterpage_templatepb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:75
actionwp_footerpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:78
actionwoocommerce_after_shop_loop_itempb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:85
filterwoocommerce_blocks_product_grid_item_htmlpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:131
actionplugins_loadedpb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:420
actionadmin_noticespb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce.php:423
Maintenance & Trust

Products Comparison for WooCommerce Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedNov 6, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads158

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Products Comparison for WooCommerce Developer Profile

Pluginbrew

4 plugins · 200 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Products Comparison for WooCommerce

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce/assets/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce/assets/js/comparison.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce/assets/js/comparison.js
Version Parameters
pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce/assets/css/style.css?ver=pb-products-comparison-for-woocommerce/assets/js/comparison.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
pbpc-button-grouppbpc-compare-buttonpbpc-floating-bar-containerpbpc-close-barpbpc-bar-itempbpc-bar-item-removepbpc-bar-item-detailspbpc-notification-container+1 more
Data Attributes
data-product-iddata-pbpc-compare-bar
JS Globals
pbpcCompare
Shortcode Output
[pbpc_product_comparison]
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Products Comparison for WooCommerce