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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00253,"percentile":0.16995,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-06-09T03:41:22Z","modified":"2026-07-23T08:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"weaverlancegmailcom","product":"jquery hover footnotes"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b02bdf2a-1d99-4cc3-8f75-822ff0792e44?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L246"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L235"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L213"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-hover-footnotes/trunk/jqFootnotes.php#L222"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10738"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-46cx-5vwq-g5q3"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-10738","title":"jQuery Hover Footnotes \u003c= 1.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Footnote Qualifier ('{{...}}' Syntax)","description":"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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-09T03:41:22Z","modified":"2026-06-09T15:13:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:47.64718Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-46cx-5vwq-g5q3","title":"The jQuery Hover Footnotes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via...","description":"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. 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