CVE-2021-24599 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.1.2. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into the HTML response due to improper input sanitization. Rated 6.1 MEDIUM on the CVSS scale, it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to information disclosure (C:L) and integrity compromise (I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-webhooks:email_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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