CVE-2024-4483 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

Published: 2024-07-29

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Email Encoder

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-webhooks:email_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00287.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wp-webhooks Wp-webhooks email Encoder
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:wp-webhooks:email_encoder::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Wp-webhooks Wp-webhooks email Encoder

Subscriptions

Wp-webhooks Email Encoder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-29T06:00:01.115Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:40:47.409Z

Reserved: 2024-05-03T20:54:49.803Z

Link: CVE-2024-4483

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:40:47.409Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-29T06:15:02.357

Modified: 2025-05-29T17:34:54.147

Link: CVE-2024-4483

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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