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

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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

Published Feb 12, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.59%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.59% 0.03594

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03594

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.59% (0.03594)	89.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.59% (0.03594)	87.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00350)	55.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.45% (0.00447)	75.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 16, 2024	0.27% (0.00267)	67.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 8, 2024	0.31% (0.00312)	70.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00273)	67.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00273)	62.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	78.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	76.01th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	55.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/28772
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3634
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487430/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27572
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40218
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28772		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3634		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487430/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27572		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40218		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 12, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 11, 2008

Link CVE-2008-0691

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0691

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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