Description
The Header Footer Script Adder – Insert Code in Header, Body & Footer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'asm_code' Snippet Meta in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Published: 2026-07-23
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mahethekiller
Mahethekiller header Footer Script Adder
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Mahethekiller
Mahethekiller header Footer Script Adder
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Header Footer Script Adder – Insert Code in Header, Body & Footer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'asm_code' Snippet Meta in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Title Header Footer Script Adder <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'asm_code' Snippet Meta
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Mahethekiller Header Footer Script Adder
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-23T14:54:29.917Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T13:06:59.654Z

Link: CVE-2026-15394

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T13:54:44.756Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T20:11:02Z

Weaknesses