Modern Footnotes < 1.4.17 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

2023-10-2000:00:00

wpscan.com

plugin

version

stored xss

contributor

page output

cross-site scripting

high privilege users

admin

security flaw

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

18.7%

JSON

Description The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin