CVE-2023-48765
Email Address Encoder 1.0.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
6.4
CVSS Score
6.4
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.0.23
Patched in
56d
Time to patch
Description
The Email Address Encoder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's eae_shortcode shortcode in version 1.0.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'link' user supplied attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
>=1.0.22 <=1.0.22PublishedNovember 28, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginemail-address-encoder
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