PT-2024-17748 · WordPress · The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses/Phone Numbers

Richard Telleng + 1 · Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2025-03-04 · CVE-2024-1282

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.0

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's shortcode(s). This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages, which will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.2.0, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's shortcode(s) to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1282

Affected Products

The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses/Phone Numbers

References · 9

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3033889%40email-encoder-bundle%2Ftrunk&old=3020142%40email-encoder-bundle%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1282 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1282 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-bundle/tags/2.2.0/core/includes/classes/class-email-encoder-bundle-run.php · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78da1f88-2446-4ea5-9437-a118324ab6c2?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-bundle/tags/2.2.0/core/includes/classes/class-email-encoder-bundle-helpers.php · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1760025902694719700 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/email-encoder-bundle/tags/2.2.0/core/includes/classes/class-email-encoder-bundle-validate.php · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113345 · Telegram Post