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Publication date: 2025-11-08

Last updated on: 2025-11-12

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The Insert Headers and Footers Code – HT Script plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via adding scripts in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to insufficient capability checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-08

Last Modified

2025-11-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-08

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-04

NVD

CVE-2025-12112

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wordpress	insert_headers_and_footers_code_ht_script	*

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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

This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Insert Headers and Footers Code – HT Script plugin for WordPress. It occurs because the plugin does not properly check user capabilities, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages. These scripts then execute whenever any user accesses the affected page.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can allow attackers with Author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary scripts that execute in the browsers of users visiting the injected pages. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions performed on behalf of the user, potentially compromising the security and integrity of the website and its users.

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