Stored Cross-Site Scripting in WordPress Email Address Obfuscation Plugin
CVE-2024-11935

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 December 2024

Summary

The Email Address Obfuscation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts, which execute when a user visits the manipulated page. This presents a significant risk to website security, potentially allowing attackers to access sensitive information or perform malicious actions on behalf of users.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-address-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3201993/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-address-obfuscation/#...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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