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CVE-2024-4483: Email Encoder < 2.2.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Email Encoder WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not escape the WP_Email_Encoder_Bundle_options[protection_text] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in an admin page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

• Email Encoder: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Email Encoder 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f2ac76c-f3f8-41f9-a32a-f414825cf6f1/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f2ac76c-f3f8-41f9-a32a-f414825cf6f1/

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