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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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Specialk
Specialk head Meta Data
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Specialk
Specialk head Meta Data
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0900

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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:45:00 +0900

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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
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-20T14:49:46.704Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T15:36:48.554Z

Link: CVE-2026-0608

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-20T14:49:41.089Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-20T15:20:07.010

Modified: 2026-01-20T15:20:07.010

Link: CVE-2026-0608

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-21T20:19:15Z

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