Plugins · email-encoder-bundle · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Email Encoder safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.5.5
- Last updated
- 2026-09-21
- Active installs
- 90,000+
- Known issues on record
- 8
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8 · PHP 7.4+
Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible. — by Online Optimisation
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.5.5). Anything older than 2.4.7 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get email-encoder-bundle --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update email-encoder-bundle updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
8 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.1 CVE-2026-5776 · published 2026-05-20
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (older than 2.4.7)
- Affected
- older than 2.4.7
- Fixed in
- 2.4.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Email Encoder WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not escape email addresses retrieved via user input, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Stored XSS attacks
low 3.5 CVE-2024-7083 · published 2026-04-20
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (older than 2.3.4)
- Affected
- older than 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Email Encoder WordPress plugin before 2.3.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 6.4 CVE-2026-2840 · published 2026-04-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (2.4.4 and older)
- Affected
- 2.4.4 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.4.5 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-4483 · published 2024-07-29
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (older than 2.2.2)
- Affected
- older than 2.2.2
- Fixed in
- 2.2.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
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
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-1282 · published 2024-02-29
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (2.2.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.2.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.2.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
NVD CVE-2024-1282Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-7070 · published 2024-01-11
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (2.1.9 and older)
- Affected
- 2.1.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.1.10 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's eeb_mailto shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
NVD CVE-2023-7070Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-47821 · published 2023-11-22
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (2.1.8 and older)
- Affected
- 2.1.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.1.9
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jannis Thuemmig Email Encoder plugin <= 2.1.8 versions.
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-4599 · published 2023-08-30
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Email Encoder (2.1.8 and older)
- Affected
- 2.1.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.1.9 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Email Encoder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'eeb_mailto' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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. A partial patch was issued in version 2.1.8. The vulnerability was fully patched in 2.1.9.
NVD CVE-2023-4599Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-09-21 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.5.5).
- 2026-05-20 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-5776), fixed in 2.4.7.
- 2026-04-20 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-7083), fixed in 2.3.4.
- 2026-04-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-2840), fixed in 2.4.5.
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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (8)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/email-encoder-bundle (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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