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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-10738
Deferred
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-security@wordfence.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-09 Jun, 2026 | 05:16
Updated At-23 Jul, 2026 | 08:10

The jQuery Hover Footnotes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Footnote Qualifier ('{{...}}' Syntax) in all versions up to, and including, 1.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The attribute-breakout payload (e.g., a double-quote followed by an event handler) contains no angle brackets and therefore bypasses WordPress core's wp_kses_post() filtering, which only strips disallowed HTML tags rather than sanitizing attribute contexts.

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Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.16.4MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.4
Base severity: MEDIUM
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-79Secondarysecurity@wordfence.com
CWE ID: CWE-79
Type: Secondary
Source: security@wordfence.com
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References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L213security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L222security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L235security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L246security@wordfence.com
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b02bdf2a-1d99-4cc3-8f75-822ff0792e44?source=cvesecurity@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L213
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L222
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L235
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L246
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b02bdf2a-1d99-4cc3-8f75-822ff0792e44?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com
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