Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking

The Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking simply (ha!) tracks the sales driven by any URL appended with a 'refid'.

40 active installs v1.00 PHP + WP 3.0.1+ Updated Nov 19, 2014
affiliateecommercereferraltrackingwoocommerce
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 11yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "simple-woo-affiliate-tracking" plugin v1.00 presents a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any detected critical or high-severity vulnerabilities in its history, along with zero known CVEs, is a strong positive indicator. The code analysis reveals no dangerous functions, no SQL injection risks due to prepared statements, and no external HTTP requests, all of which are excellent security practices. Furthermore, the plugin exhibits no identifiable attack surface through AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes, and the taint analysis found no issues. However, there are areas for improvement. The output escaping is only 33% properly escaped, suggesting a potential risk of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if user-supplied data is outputted without proper sanitization. Additionally, the complete lack of nonce checks and capability checks across all entry points (though currently zero) indicates a lack of built-in security mechanisms that could become a concern if new entry points are added in future versions without these checks.

Key Concerns

  • Incomplete output escaping
  • No nonce checks on entry points
  • No capability checks on entry points
Vulnerabilities
None known

Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Security Vulnerabilities

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

Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Code Analysis

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

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared2 total queries

Output Escaping

33% escaped3 total outputs
Attack Surface

Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 7
actionwoocommerce_admin_order_data_after_billing_addressincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:125
actionadmin_post_swat_export_csvincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:126
actionadmin_menuincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:127
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:140
actioninitincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:141
filterwoocommerce_checkout_fieldsincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:142
actionwoocommerce_checkout_update_order_metaincludes\class-simple-woo-affiliate-tracking.php:143
Maintenance & Trust

Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.0.38
Last updatedNov 19, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs40
Developer Profile

Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking Developer Profile

jakebowles

1 plugin · 40 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking/public/css/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking-public.css/wp-content/plugins/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking/public/js/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking-public.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking/public/js/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking-public.js
Version Parameters
simple-woo-affiliate-tracking/public/css/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking-public.css?ver=simple-woo-affiliate-tracking/public/js/simple-woo-affiliate-tracking-public.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Simple Woo Affiliate Tracking