Plugins · header-and-footer-scripts · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Header and Footer Scripts safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.4.2
- Last updated
- 2026-02-01
- Active installs
- 200,000+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 6.9.11 · PHP 5.6+
Header and Footer Scripts plugin allows you to add scripts to WordPress site's and just before closing tag. — by Anand Kumar
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.4.2). Anything older than 2.4.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get header-and-footer-scripts --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update header-and-footer-scripts updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.4 CVE-2025-11453 · published 2026-01-09
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Header and Footer Scripts (2.3.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.3.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.4.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Header and Footer Scripts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the _inpost_head_script parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.0 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.
NVD CVE-2025-11453Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-02-01 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.4.2).
- 2026-01-09 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-11453), fixed in 2.4.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/header-and-footer-scripts (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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