CVE-2026-0608

MEDIUM 6.4

Head Meta Data <= 20251118 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Meta

CVSS Score

6.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	specialk
Product	head meta data
Published	Jan 20, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

specialk / Head Meta Data

0 ≤ 20251118

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9592bb6d-8e1d-4c89-addd-11c07272a628?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/head-meta-data/tags/20251118&new_path=/head-meta-data/tags/20260105

Credits

Muhammad Yudha - DJ