CVE-2025-11733

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Publication date: 2025-11-04

Last updated on: 2026-04-08

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The Footnotes Made Easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-04

Last Modified

2026-04-08

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-04

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-11733

EUVD

EUVD-2025-37608

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wordpress	footnotes_made_easy	*

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-79	The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Executive Summary

The vulnerability in the Footnotes Made Easy plugin for WordPress is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input in its settings, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. These scripts then execute whenever a user accesses a page containing the injected content.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions that compromise user security and trust.

Mitigation Strategies

Update the Footnotes Made Easy plugin for WordPress to a version later than 3.0.7 where the vulnerability is fixed. If an update is not immediately available, consider disabling or removing the plugin until a patch is released. Additionally, review and sanitize plugin settings to prevent injection of malicious scripts.

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