Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-2717
CVE-2026-2717
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.
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References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/tags/1.19.2/http-headers.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/tags/1.19.2/http-headers.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/trunk/http-headers.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/trunk/http-headers.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7716e77f-e899-4046-9421-86fc0c36c245nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 20, 2026 to April 26, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 30, 2026