PT-2026-42111 · WordPress · Email Encoder

Matthew Rollings · Published 2026-05-20 · Updated 2026-05-20 · CVE-2026-5776

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Email Encoder versions prior to 2.4.7

Description The Email Encoder WordPress plugin fails to escape email addresses retrieved via user input. This allows unauthenticated attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), a technique where malicious scripts are permanently stored on the target server and executed in the browser of users who view the affected page.

Recommendations Update to version 2.4.7 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-5776

Affected Products

Email Encoder

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/00c0b9f7-c559-463e-80ae-97d99e0ef99f · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5776 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/54356 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/164165 · Telegram Post