WC Multiple Email Recipients Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/wc-multiple-email-recipients

This plugin lets you add up to five additional email addresses to be used with WooCommerce notification mails.

4K active installs v1.4.1 PHP + WP 4.0+ Updated Jul 22, 2024
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92
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is WC Multiple Email Recipients Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'wc-multiple-email-recipients' plugin, version 1.4.1, presents a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified dangerous functions, SQL queries are properly prepared, and no file operations or external HTTP requests are made. The absence of known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history further supports this positive assessment.

However, several areas raise concerns. The complete lack of nonce checks and capability checks across all entry points is a significant weakness. While the attack surface is currently zero, any future addition of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes without proper authentication and authorization mechanisms would immediately introduce critical vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the low percentage of properly escaped output (14%) indicates a risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, especially if the input used in these outputs is not sufficiently sanitized elsewhere. Taint analysis also yielded no flows, which is positive but doesn't mitigate the other identified risks.

In conclusion, the plugin benefits from a clean vulnerability history and good practice in areas like SQL handling. Nevertheless, the absence of crucial security checks like nonces and capability checks, coupled with inadequate output escaping, represents a notable security deficit that requires attention. Any expansion of the plugin's functionality without addressing these foundational security issues could lead to serious vulnerabilities.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks on all entry points
  • Missing capability checks on all entry points
  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
Vulnerabilities
None known

WC Multiple Email Recipients Security Vulnerabilities

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

WC Multiple Email Recipients Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

14% escaped7 total outputs
Attack Surface

WC Multiple Email Recipients Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionadmin_menuincludes\admin-page.php:265
actionadmin_initincludes\admin-page.php:271
filterwoocommerce_email_headersincludes\functions.php:11
Maintenance & Trust

WC Multiple Email Recipients Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.5.8
Last updatedJul 22, 2024
PHP min version
Downloads42K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings10
Active installs4K
Developer Profile

WC Multiple Email Recipients Developer Profile

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4 plugins · 5K total installs

88
trust score
Avg Security Score
92/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect WC Multiple Email Recipients

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/css/wcme-admin-styles.css/wp-content/plugins/wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/js/wcme-admin-scripts.js/wp-content/plugins/wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/js/wcme-frontend-scripts.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/js/wcme-admin-scripts.js/wp-content/plugins/wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/js/wcme-frontend-scripts.js
Version Parameters
wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/css/wcme-admin-styles.css?ver=wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/js/wcme-admin-scripts.js?ver=wc-multiple-email-recipients/assets/js/wcme-frontend-scripts.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wcme-admin-input-fieldwcme-admin-section-titlewcme-admin-settings-table
Data Attributes
data-wcme-add-recipient
JS Globals
wcme_admin_ajax_object
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about WC Multiple Email Recipients