# CVE-2026-2717: HTTP Headers \<= 1.19.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) CRLF Injection via Custom Header Values

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-04-22

## Affected

- zinoui HTTP Headers: through 1.19.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zinoui HTTP Headers, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7716e77f-e899-4046-9421-86fc0c36c245?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/tags/1.19.2/http-headers.php#L1098
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/trunk/http-headers.php#L1098
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/tags/1.19.2/http-headers.php#L745
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/http-headers/trunk/http-headers.php#L745

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