CVE-2021-24599 json
Email Encoder < 2.1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting
published 2021-09-06 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11511
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 has an endpoint that requires no authentication and will render a user supplied value in the HTML response without escaping or sanitizing the data.
Patch / fix
- wp-webhooks email_encoder 2.1.2
Exploit prediction
0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/625a272f-5c69-4f6a-8eee-32f70cd4a558 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/625a272f-5c69-4f6a-8eee-32f70cd4a558
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-24599
- NVD CVE-2021-24599
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