CVE-2023-7070
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs
Summary
A Stored XSS vulnerability in the Email Encoder plugin for WordPress (up to version 2.1.9) via the eeb_mailto shortcode. Due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can steal admin sessions, redirect users to malicious sites, or steal sensitive data.
Recommendation
Update the Email Encoder plugin to version 2.2.0 or later.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's eeb_mailto shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.