CVE-2026-5776 (GCVE-0-2026-5776)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-20 06:00 – Updated: 2026-05-20 12:52
VLAI
Title
Email Encoder < 2.4.7 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Summary
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
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/00c0b9f7-c559-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Email Encoder Affected: 0 , < 2.4.7 (semver)
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Credits
Matthew Rollings WPScan
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