The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 has an endpoint that requires no authentication and will render a user supplied value in the HTML response without escaping or sanitizing the data.
CVE-2021-24599 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.1 Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers. It affects Versions up to 2.1.1 and is fixed in 2.1.2.
CVE-2021-24599 is tracked for the Plugin Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers as medium severity with CVSS 6.1. The affected range is Versions up to 2.1.1. Update Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers to 2.1.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
email-encoder-bundle
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2021-24599 |
| Patched Versions |
2.1.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.1.1
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers <= 2.4.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via eeb_mailto Shortcode
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers <= 2.1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Email Encoder Bundle <= 2.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
Email Encoder <= 2.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers < 2.3.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers <= 2.2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Email Encoder < 1.4.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
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