CVE-2025-31735

Footnotes for WordPress <= 2016.1230 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.4

CVSS Score

6.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

Unpatched

Patched in

N/A

Time to patch

Description

The Footnotes for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2016.1230 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2016.1230

PublishedApril 1, 2025

Last updatedApril 9, 2025

Affected pluginfootnotes-for-wordpress

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ecebc618-2d39-4284-bb31-59de0e17bc63?source=api-prod

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