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CVE-2026-12869

MEDIUM Exploitation: PoC
6.1
CVSS 3.1
Description
The Header Footer Builder for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not require an administrative capability for its dashboard template-import action (it allows any edit_posts user), so a Contributor can import a template containing an Elementor HTML widget configured to display site-wide, injecting JavaScript that executes in the session of any visitor or administrator who loads the site.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-12869
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Reserved
2026-06-22 08:30 UTC
Published
2026-07-16 06:00 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-16 12:34 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-79
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Gene…
Vendor / Product
Unknown / Header Footer Builder for Elementor
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.1 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Unknown Header Footer Builder for Elementor — 0 < 1.2.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
— cna CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-79 adp CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
6.1 MEDIUM 3.1 adp CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References (1)
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