CVE-2025-31735: WordPress Footnotes for WordPress plugin <= 2016.1230 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in C. Johnson Footnotes for WordPress footnotes-for-wordpress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Footnotes for WordPress: from n/a through <= 2016.1230.

Affected products

C. Johnson Footnotes for WordPress: through 2016.1230

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/footnotes-for-wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-footnotes-for-wordpress-plugin-2016-1230-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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