CVE-2024-1282
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress up to version 2.2.0 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions can inject arbitrary scripts that execute when a page is visited.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can steal user sessions, redirect users to malicious sites, or steal data.
Recommendation
Update the plugin to the latest version and restrict contributor permissions.
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 shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 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.