What is CVE-2026-12869?

CVE-2026-12869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Header Footer Builder For Elementor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-12869?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Header Footer Builder For Elementor

CVE-2026-12869

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…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Header Footer Builder For Elementor — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12869?: CVE-2026-12869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Header Footer Builder For Elementor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-12869?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.