Custom Email Sender Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/custom-email-sender

Change the default email address and sender name output for all message sent from your WP dashboard.

100 active installs v2.5.9 PHP + WP 4.9+ Updated Apr 25, 2025
sender-emailsender-namewordpress-default-email-senderwordpress-sender-emailwordpress-sender-name
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Custom Email Sender Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Custom Email Sender has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 11mo ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin 'custom-email-sender' v2.5.9 demonstrates a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any known CVEs, critical taint flows, raw SQL queries, or exposed AJAX/REST API endpoints is a strong indicator of diligent security practices. The presence of a nonce check further reinforces this. However, a significant area of concern is the output escaping, with only 56% of outputs being properly escaped. This means a substantial portion of dynamic content displayed by the plugin could be vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks if user-supplied data is not handled securely before being outputted to the browser. While the attack surface appears minimal, the lack of capability checks on the few entry points that *do* exist (though none are explicitly listed as unprotected in this analysis) could represent an oversight. The vulnerability history being entirely clean is a positive sign, suggesting the developers are responsive or have historically produced secure code, but the output escaping issue remains the primary actionable item for improvement.

Key Concerns

  • Improper output escaping (44% unescaped)
Vulnerabilities
None known

Custom Email Sender Security Vulnerabilities

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

Custom Email Sender Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
11
14 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

56% escaped25 total outputs
Attack Surface

Custom Email Sender Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 7
actionplugins_loadedincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:104
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:118
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:119
actionadmin_menuincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:122
actioninitincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:123
filterwp_mail_fromincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:124
filterwp_mail_from_nameincludes\class-custom-email-sender-core.php:125
Maintenance & Trust

Custom Email Sender Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedApr 25, 2025
PHP min version
Downloads9K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs100
Developer Profile

Custom Email Sender Developer Profile

neoslab

7 plugins · 920 total installs

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

How We Detect Custom Email Sender

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/custom-email-sender/admin/assets/styles/fontawesome.min.css/wp-content/plugins/custom-email-sender/admin/assets/styles/custom-email-sender-admin.min.css/wp-content/plugins/custom-email-sender/admin/assets/javascripts/custom-email-sender-admin.min.js
Script Paths
assets/javascripts/custom-email-sender-admin.min.js
Version Parameters
custom-email-sender-fontawesomecustom-email-sender-dashboardcustom-email-sender-script

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wpbnd-header-pluginheader-iconheader-texttab-label
Data Attributes
data-icon
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Custom Email Sender