It also has a security problem: a security researcher has discovered that it's possible for Adblock Plus filter lists to inject malicious code in several Google services including Gmail, Google Images and Google Maps. Not least that "the filter list maintainer must go rogue" and "a JavaScript string must be loaded in a particular way." As previously mentioned, if you stick to the default filter list then the risk of compromise is very low. In a statement posted online, a spokesperson for Adblock Plus says the attack mode is a "very unlikely scenario" as "we vet all authors who contribute to filter lists that are enabled in Adblock Plus by default" and "we examine these filter lists regularly." That said, Adblock Plus says it takes the matter very seriously and has confirmed that no common filter lists have abused the filter option.

Source: Forbes April 16, 2019 09:45 UTC