Known vulnerabilities in Modern Footnotes

Add inline footnotes to your posts. On desktop, the footnotes will appear as tooltips. On mobile, the footnote will expand beneath the text.

3Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

1.5.0Latest version

6,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Modern Footnotes to 1.4.20 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 4, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-50049	Medium 6.4	0.2%	1.4.19 and earlier	`1.4.20`	June 19, 2025
CVE-2023-5618	Medium 5.4	0.4%	Before 1.4.17	`1.4.17`	October 20, 2023
CVE-2023-28423	Medium 4.4	0.4%	1.4.15 and earlier	`1.4.16`	March 14, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.