Known vulnerabilities in Simple Post Notes

Adds simple notes to post, page and custom post type edit screen.

3Reported vulnerabilities

4.8Highest CVSS score

1.8.1Latest version

9,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Simple Post Notes to 1.7.8 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: September 4, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / 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-2022-2186	Medium 4.8	0.6%	Before 1.7.6	`1.7.6`	July 17, 2022
CVE-2024-37562	Medium 4.4	0.3%	1.7.7 and earlier	`1.7.8`	July 9, 2024
CVE-2024-31935	Medium 4.3	0.2%	Before 1.7.7	`1.7.7`	April 10, 2024

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