CVE-2025-31735

WordPress Footnotes for WordPress plugin <= 2016.1230 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in C. Johnson Footnotes for WordPress footnotes-for-wordpress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Footnotes for WordPress: from n/a through <= 2016.1230.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.37%Up 0.3 points since Apr 2, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Footnotes for WordPress plugin <= 2016.1230 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-31735
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-9284 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-9284
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hjj2-mj64-427v 6.5

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in C. Johnson Footnotes for WordPress allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Footnotes for WordPress: from n/a through 2016.1230.

Record: GHSA-hjj2-mj64-427v
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2025-31735
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

c. johnson footnotes for wordpress

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-31735 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in C. Johnson Footnotes For Wordpress, published April 1, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.