CVE-2024-8747 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Email Obfuscate Shortcode plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.0. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:khromov:email_obfuscate_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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