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Description

The HTTP Headers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CRLF Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.19.2. This is due to insufficient sanitization of custom header name and value fields before writing them to the Apache .htaccess file via `insert_with_markers()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary newline characters and additional Apache directives into the .htaccess configuration file via the 'Custom Headers' settings, leading to Apache configuration parse errors and potential site-wide denial of service.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-18 | Published 2026-04-22 | Updated 2026-04-22 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Problem types

CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2026-04-21:Disclosed

Credits

Kai Aizen finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-e899-4046-9421-86fc0c36c245?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...s/tags/1.19.2/http-headers.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...headers/trunk/http-headers.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...s/tags/1.19.2/http-headers.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...headers/trunk/http-headers.php

cve.org (CVE-2026-2717)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-2717)

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