EmailVerify.io Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/emailverify

Safeguard your online forms against invalid, temporary, disposable, and harmful email addresses with real-time verification.

0 active installs v1.3.1 PHP 7.0+ WP 4.7+ Updated Dec 16, 2025
email-validatoremail-verifierform-validationspam-protectionuser-registration
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is EmailVerify.io Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

EmailVerify.io has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 5mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'emailverify' plugin v1.3.1 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The code demonstrates excellent practices regarding SQL queries, exclusively using prepared statements, and a very high rate of output escaping, minimizing the risk of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. The absence of file operations and critical/high severity taint flows is also a positive indicator. Furthermore, the plugin has no known historical vulnerabilities, suggesting a commitment to security by its developers. However, there are potential areas for improvement. The presence of 5 AJAX handlers, while currently all protected by authentication checks, still represents an attack surface that, if misconfigured or if future updates introduce vulnerabilities, could be exploited. While the analysis shows no unsanitized paths in taint flows, the fact that all 11 analyzed flows were flagged as 'unsanitized' warrants further investigation to understand the nature of these sanitization requirements and ensure they don't represent latent risks.

Key Concerns

  • AJAX handlers present attack surface
  • All 11 taint flows flagged as unsanitized
Vulnerabilities
None known

EmailVerify.io Security Vulnerabilities

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

EmailVerify.io Release Timeline

v1.3.1Current
v1.3.0
v1.2.9
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

EmailVerify.io Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
6 prepared
Unescaped Output
1
92 escaped
Nonce Checks
7
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
0
External Requests
5
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared6 total queries

Output Escaping

99% escaped93 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
11 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

11 flows11 with unsanitized paths
emailverifyio_validate_email (includes/ajax-class.php:99)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

EmailVerify.io Attack Surface

Entry Points5
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 5

authwp_ajax_emailverifyio_apiincludes/ajax-class.php:14
authwp_ajax_emailverifyio_emailincludes/ajax-class.php:15
authwp_ajax_emailverifyio_remove_api_keyincludes/ajax-class.php:16
authwp_ajax_emailverifyio_debug_optionsincludes/ajax-class.php:17
authwp_ajax_emailverifyio_validate_emailincludes/ajax-class.php:18
WordPress Hooks 19
actionadmin_menuemailverify.php:64
actionadmin_initemailverify.php:65
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsemailverify.php:66
actionplugins_loadedemailverify.php:69
filterplugin_action_links_emailverify/emailverify.phpemailverify.php:76
filtergform_validationemailverify.php:136
filterfrm_validate_field_entryemailverify.php:142
filterwpcf7_validate_email*emailverify.php:148
filterregistration_errorsemailverify.php:152
actionwoocommerce_checkout_processemailverify.php:158
filterninja_forms_submit_dataemailverify.php:164
actionelementor_pro/forms/validation/emailemailverify.php:170
actionwpforms_process_validate_emailemailverify.php:177
filterfluentform/validate_input_item_input_emailemailverify.php:183
filterforminator_custom_form_submit_errorsemailverify.php:189
filterhappyforms_validate_part_submissionemailverify.php:194
filtercntctfrm_check_formemailverify.php:199
filterpreprocess_commentemailverify.php:204
actionmailmint_before_form_submitemailverify.php:209
Maintenance & Trust

EmailVerify.io Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 16, 2025
PHP min version7.0
Downloads345

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

EmailVerify.io Developer Profile

EmailVerify.io

1 plugin · 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 EmailVerify.io

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/emailverify/includes/js/admin-script.js/wp-content/plugins/emailverify/includes/js/frontend-script.js
Version Parameters
emailverify/includes/js/admin-script.js?ver=emailverify/includes/js/frontend-script.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
EmailVerifyIO_AJAX_URL
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about EmailVerify.io