The Head Meta Data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'head-meta-data' post meta field in all versions up to, and including, 20251118 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor 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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| Description | The Head Meta Data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'head-meta-data' post meta field in all versions up to, and including, 20251118 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. | |
| Title | Head Meta Data <= 20251118 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Meta | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2026-01-20T14:26:33.497Z
Updated: 2026-01-20T14:49:46.704Z
Reserved: 2026-01-05T15:36:48.554Z
Link: CVE-2026-0608
Updated: 2026-01-20T14:49:41.089Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-01-20T15:20:07.010
Modified: 2026-01-20T15:20:07.010
Link: CVE-2026-0608
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