WordPress Footer Text plugin <= 2.0.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2022-04-28 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-32348

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Shea Bunge's Footer Text plugin <= 2.0.3 on WordPress.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-02-20)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Shea Bunge Footer Text (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wordpress.org /plugins/footer-text/
product, third-party-advisory
patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/footer-text/wordpress-footer-text-plugin-2-0-3-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-leading
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-27860
NVD CVE-2022-27860

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