Known vulnerabilities in WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses

Protect & encode email addresses safely from spambots & spamming. Easy to use - encodes emails out-of-the-box.

2Reported vulnerabilities

5.4Highest CVSS score

3.1.4Latest version

8,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses to 3.1.4 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: September 22, 2023 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.2.11 / View on wordpress.org

This plugin has not been updated in over two years. New vulnerabilities may never be fixed. Consider an alternative.

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-2023-5109	Medium 5.4	0.4%	Before 3.1.4	`3.1.4`	October 20, 2023
CVE-2025-53464	Medium 4.4	0.3%	3.1.4 and earlier	—	September 22, 2025

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