CVE-2024-3919: OpenPGP Form Encryption for WordPress < 1.5.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The OpenPGP Form Encryption for WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

OpenPGP Form Encryption for WordPress: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenPGP Form Encryption for WordPress 1.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e38c7d9-5b6a-4dfc-8f22-3ff30565ce43/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e38c7d9-5b6a-4dfc-8f22-3ff30565ce43/

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