Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0691

Title: Wordpress Wp-Footnotes Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-0691

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Feb 12, 2008

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.55%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0691: 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.

Impacted Vendors

wordpress 1

simon_elvery 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0691 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31092

View Code

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 12, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.