Publish Confirm Message Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/publish-confirm-message

An extra confirmation dialog for the Publish button to help prevent accidental publishing.

100 active installs v2.1 PHP + WP 4.2+ Updated Jan 6, 2026
alertconfirmconfirmationpublishupdate
100
A · Safe
CVEs total1
Unpatched0
Last CVEOct 3, 2023
Safety Verdict

Is Publish Confirm Message Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Publish Confirm Message has a strong security track record. Known vulnerabilities have been patched promptly.

1 known CVELast CVE: Oct 3, 2023Updated 2mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'publish-confirm-message' plugin v2.1 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the static analysis. There are no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, meaning the plugin has a minimal attack surface and no entry points were found to be unprotected. The code analysis also reveals good practices like the absence of dangerous functions, 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements, and a low rate of unescaped output. The presence of a nonce check and capability check further enhances security.

Key Concerns

  • Medium severity vulnerability history
  • One past medium vulnerability
Vulnerabilities
1

Publish Confirm Message Security Vulnerabilities

CVEs by Year

1 CVE in 2023
2023
Patched Has unpatched

Severity Breakdown

Medium
1

1 total CVE

CVE-2023-32124medium · 4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Publish Confirm Message <= 1.3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Oct 3, 2023 Patched in 2.0 (112d)
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Publish Confirm Message Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
15 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

88% escaped17 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

1 flows
<adminpage> (core\admin\adminpage.php:0)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Publish Confirm Message Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actionadmin_noticescore\apj-functions.php:74
actionadmin_menucore\apj-functions.php:76
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptscore\apj-functions.php:79
filterplugin_action_linkscore\apj-functions.php:81
filterplugin_row_metacore\apj-functions.php:82
filteradmin_footer_textcore\apj-functions.php:86
Maintenance & Trust

Publish Confirm Message Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedJan 6, 2026
PHP min version
Downloads8K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs100
Developer Profile

Publish Confirm Message Developer Profile

Arul Prasad J

7 plugins · 8K total installs

79
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
95 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Publish Confirm Message

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/publish-confirm-message/assets/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/publish-confirm-message/assets/js/admin.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/publish-confirm-message/assets/js/admin.js
Version Parameters
publish-confirm-message/assets/css/style.css?ver=publish-confirm-message/assets/js/admin.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
apj-pcm-confirm-dialog
Data Attributes
data-publish-messagedata-schedule-messagedata-update-message
JS Globals
apjPCM
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Publish Confirm Message