CVE-2026-12869: Unknown Header Footer Builder For Elementor

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Header Footer Builder for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not require an administrative capability for its dashboard template-import action (it allows any edit_posts user), so a Contributor can import a template containing an Elementor HTML widget configured to display site-wide, injecting JavaScript that executes in the session of any visitor or administrator who loads the site.

Affected products

• Unknown Header Footer Builder For Elementor: before 1.2.1 (fixed in 1.2.1)

Published 2026-07-16. Last modified 2026-07-16.