# 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.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `email-encoder-bundle`
- Author: Online Optimisation
- Version: 2.5.5
- Active installs: 90,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-21 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.0.8 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.7, PHP 7.4
- Tags: anti-spam, encode, encrypt, hide, protect
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-encoder-bundle/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 7.0.8).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Phones home ↔ Private, Pushy ↔ Fair, Vague docs ↔ Clear docs, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-05-20 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.4.7). CVE-2026-5776, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a79f6657-31b1-48d5-99a9-fc39cc4d572a?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-20 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.3.4). CVE-2024-7083, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38bd6efd-41d5-4bb1-982c-31d20b4c0a1d?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via eeb_mailto Shortcode (up to 2.4.4). CVE-2026-2840, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9987b5b4-33d8-4446-acbe-58c6cb5604df?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-08 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.2.1). CVE-2024-4483, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d98034d-e91e-4f37-8309-621555fcf309?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-13 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 2.2.0). CVE-2024-1282, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78da1f88-2446-4ea5-9437-a118324ab6c2?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-09 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.1.9). CVE-2023-7070, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5afe6ea-93b8-4782-8593-76468e370a45?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode (up to 2.1.8). CVE-2023-47821, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09f328f6-8a66-46bf-80d9-3ffeaecfec32?source=api-prod
- 2023-08-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 2.1.8). CVE-2023-4599, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e90f04e4-eb4c-4822-89c6-79f553987c37?source=api-prod
- 2021-08-02 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross Site Scripting (up to 2.1.1). CVE-2021-24599, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69025975-9fb7-47a7-9dea-68f4c01d5fdc?source=api-prod
- 2015-08-10 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.4.2). WF-52ac7e85-0a01-41f0-b753-7858a859705f, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52ac7e85-0a01-41f0-b753-7858a859705f?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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