CVE-2026-12869 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c6562d9-f55e-4d82-be95-60e82a6feecf/

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		Header Footer Builder for Elementor < 1.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Template Import
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c6562d9-f55e-4d82-be95-60e82a6feecf/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-16T06:00:04.278Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:34:58.653Z

Reserved: 2026-06-22T08:30:36.821Z

Link: CVE-2026-12869

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:34:52.849Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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