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This was partially patched in version 3.1.3 and fully patched in version 3.1.4.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00485,"percentile":0.42109,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2023-10-20T07:29:39Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:33Z","products":[{"vendor":"ironikus","product":"wp mailto links – protect email addresses"},{"vendor":"ironikus","product":"wp_mailto_links"},{"vendor":"onlineoptimisation","product":"wp mailto links – protect email addresses"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec882062-0059-47ca-a007-3347e7adb70b?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mailto-links/tags/3.1.2/core/includes/classes/class-wp-mailto-links-validate.php#L582","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5109"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fq8c-93h2-hrr9"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-5109","title":"WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses \u003c= 3.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode","description":"The WP Mailto Links – Protect Email Addresses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wpml_mailto' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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