Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Email Encoder Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-7070

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 January 2024

Summary

The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through its eeb_mailto shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping for user-supplied attributes. As a result, authenticated attackers with contributor-level and higher permissions can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users access compromised pages, posing significant security risks to site visitors.

Affected Version(s)

Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers * <= 2.1.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Craig Smith
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