Known vulnerabilities in Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers

Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.

8Reported vulnerabilities

7.2Highest CVSS score

2.5.3Latest version

90,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers to 2.4.7 or later. 8 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 4, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2026-5776	High 7.2	0.3%	Before 2.4.7	`2.4.7`	June 11, 2026
CVE-2026-2840	Medium 6.4	0.3%	2.4.4 and earlier	`2.4.5`	April 15, 2026
CVE-2023-47821	Medium 6.4	0.4%	2.1.8 and earlier	`2.1.9`	November 15, 2023
WF-52ac7e85-0a01-41f0-b753-7858a859705f	Medium 6.1	—	Before 1.4.2	`1.4.2`	August 10, 2015
CVE-2024-1282	Medium 5.4	0.4%	Before 2.2.1	`2.2.1`	February 29, 2024
CVE-2023-7070	Medium 5.4	0.4%	2.1.9 and earlier	`2.1.10`	January 11, 2024
CVE-2023-4599	Medium 5.4	0.5%	2.1.7 and earlier	`2.1.9`	August 30, 2023
CVE-2024-7083	Medium 4.4	0.2%	Before 2.3.4	`2.3.4`	April 21, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.