CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-10738
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
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"jQuery Hover Footnotes","vendor":"weaverlancegmailcom","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L213"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L222"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L235"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L246"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b02bdf2a-1d99-4cc3-8f75-822ff0792e44?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:104d1e881d797ef533e361ad368b3f69a0232717d331cdaf3084fa9482dc2658 · sha256:f86640c7134f9265… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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