Language: PHP
Label: safe
CWE: CWE-79 \u2014 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Code:
    public function validate($string, $config, $context)
    {
        // no support for named mailboxes i.e. "Bob <bob@example.com>"
        // that needs more percent encoding to be done
        if ($string == '') {
            return false;
        }
        $string = trim($string);
        $result = preg_match('/^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i', $string);
        return $result ? $string : false;
    }