Advanced Earthquake Monitor Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-earthquake-monitor

The plugin creates a widget to show a highly customizable list of current earthquakes using multi-source data from publicly available earthquake data …

10 active installs v1.3 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Jun 2, 2016
earthquakeslistmapwidgetworldwide
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Advanced Earthquake Monitor Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Advanced Earthquake Monitor has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 10yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'advanced-earthquake-monitor' plugin version 1.3 exhibits a generally positive security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any reported CVEs and the clean taint analysis suggest a history of secure development and maintenance. Notably, the plugin has no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that could serve as attack entry points, and there are no dangerous functions or external HTTP requests detected. This minimizes the attack surface significantly.

Key Concerns

  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
  • Lack of nonce checks
  • Lack of capability checks
  • File operations detected
Vulnerabilities
None known

Advanced Earthquake Monitor Security Vulnerabilities

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

Advanced Earthquake Monitor Release Timeline

No version history available.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Advanced Earthquake Monitor Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
57
22 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
1
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

28% escaped79 total outputs
Attack Surface

Advanced Earthquake Monitor Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionadmin_noticesAdvancedEarthquakeMonitor.php:555
actionwidgets_initAdvancedEarthquakeMonitor.php:556
Maintenance & Trust

Advanced Earthquake Monitor Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.2.1
Last updatedJun 2, 2016
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Advanced Earthquake Monitor Developer Profile

volcanodiscovery

2 plugins · 20 total installs

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

How We Detect Advanced Earthquake Monitor

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/advanced-earthquake-monitor/aem-style.css
Script Paths
https://earthquakes.volcanodiscovery.com/getRegionSelect.php
Version Parameters
advanced-earthquake-monitor/aem-style.css?ver=advanced-earthquake-monitor/aem-script.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
widget_AdvancedEarthquakeMonitoradvancedearthquakemonitor-class0advancedearthquakemonitor-class1advancedearthquakemonitor-class2advancedearthquakemonitor-class3advancedearthquakemonitor-class4advancedearthquakemonitor-class5advancedearthquakemonitor-class6+3 more
Data Attributes
id="aem-form-basics-id="aem-form-advanced-id="aem-form-custom-id="aem-form-region-id="aem-form-display-id="aem-form-displaylink-+17 more
JS Globals
aem_shpopulateSelectorupdateLatLonaem_regions
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Advanced Earthquake Monitor