XSS in Email Encoder
CVE-2024-7083
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).
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Email Encoder — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/7aeb6891-e159-4ed8-b1a9-a551140c9fcc/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-7083?
- CVE-2024-7083 is a low-severity vulnerability in Email Encoder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2026-04-20.
- How severe is CVE-2024-7083?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.