Stella Announcement Bar Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/stella-announcement-bar

A lightweight, high-conversion announcement bar for WordPress. Perfectly designed for AI and SaaS startup landing pages but compatible with any theme.

0 active installs v1.0.0 PHP 7.4+ WP 6.0+ Updated Unknown
announcement-barcountdown-timerhello-barmarketing-ribbonnotification-bar
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Stella Announcement Bar Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Stella Announcement Bar has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The "stella-announcement-bar" plugin version 1.0.0 presents a seemingly good security posture based on the provided static analysis. All entry points are accounted for, and importantly, there are no unprotected AJAX handlers or REST API routes. The code demonstrates strong practices by using prepared statements for all SQL queries and ensuring 100% of output is properly escaped, indicating a low risk of SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities originating from these common vectors. Furthermore, the absence of critical or high severity taint flows, dangerous functions, and external HTTP requests further strengthens its security profile. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with zero known CVEs, which is a positive indicator.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Stella Announcement Bar Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Stella Announcement Bar Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped48 total outputs
Attack Surface

Stella Announcement Bar Attack Surface

Entry Points1
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 1

[stella_announcement_bar] inc\class-stella-ab-frontend.php:48
WordPress Hooks 7
actionadmin_menuinc\class-stella-ab-admin.php:38
actionadmin_initinc\class-stella-ab-admin.php:39
actionwp_body_openinc\class-stella-ab-frontend.php:45
actionwp_footerinc\class-stella-ab-frontend.php:46
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsinc\class-stella-ab-frontend.php:47
actionstella_announcement_barinc\class-stella-ab-frontend.php:50
actionplugins_loadedstella-announcement-bar.php:84
Maintenance & Trust

Stella Announcement Bar Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version7.4
Downloads124

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs0
Developer Profile

Stella Announcement Bar Developer Profile

mariastellatech

2 plugins · 0 total installs

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

How We Detect Stella Announcement Bar

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/stella-announcement-bar/assets/css/frontend.css/wp-content/plugins/stella-announcement-bar/assets/js/frontend.js
Version Parameters
stella-announcement-bar/assets/css/frontend.css?ver=stella-announcement-bar/assets/js/frontend.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
stella-ab-ribbonstella-ab-pos-topstella-ab-pos-bottomstella-ab-has-shadowstella-ab-containerstella-ab-messagestella-ab-btn
Data Attributes
stella_ab_should_renderstella_ab_bar_classes
Shortcode Output
[stella_announcement_bar]
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Stella Announcement Bar