CVE-2023-5618

Modern Footnotes <= 1.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

The Modern Footnotes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.4.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected

prismtechstudios · Modern Footnotes

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE

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

EPSS

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 32nd percentile

Published

2023-10-20

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5618-modern-footnotes-stored-xss-via-shortcode-po…

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c20c674f-54b5-470f-b470-07a6350…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2980695/modern-footnotes

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry