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CVE-2008-0691

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin_panel.php in the Simon Elvery WP-Footnotes 2.2 plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) wp_footnotes_current_settings[priority], (2) wp_footnotes_current_settings[style_rules], (3) wp_footnotes_current_settings[pre_footnotes], and (4) wp_footnotes_current_settings[post_footnotes] parameters.

Affected products

• Simon Elvery Wp-Footnotes: 2.2
• WordPress Wp-Footnotes: 2.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28772
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3634
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487430/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27572
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40218
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28772
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3634
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487430/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27572
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40218

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