# HTTP Headers

> HTTP Headers adds CORS & security HTTP headers to your website.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `http-headers`
- Author: Dimitar Ivanov
- Version: 1.19.6
- Active installs: 40,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-16 (28 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.6, PHP 5.3
- Tags: cors headers, csp header, custom headers, http-headers, Security Headers
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/http-headers/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 28 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-04-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Custom Headers' Plugin Setting (up to 1.19.4). CVE-2026-1379, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02e63068-02a8-4106-b64e-430c24815e55?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) CRLF Injection via Custom Header Values (up to 1.19.5). CVE-2026-2717, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7716e77f-e899-4046-9421-86fc0c36c245?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-22 HIGH: Authenticated (Administrator+) External Control of File Name or Path to RCE via 'hh_htpasswd_path' and 'hh_www_authenticate_user' Parameters (up to 1.19.2). CVE-2026-4132, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce010c6f-16bd-4178-a621-31ba6378946a?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-13 MEDIUM: Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 1.18.11). CVE-2023-37978, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69971673-e317-452c-8c54-97de006a214f?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-10 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.18.11). CVE-2023-37874, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fed4dd54-7a7e-483b-a623-3cf3392572b8?source=api-prod
- 2023-06-19 MEDIUM: Authenticated(Administrator+) Remote Code Execution (up to 1.18.10). CVE-2023-1208, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75b84eae-6ff2-49af-a420-2aeef50224e3?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated(Administrator+) SQL Injection (up to 1.18.8). CVE-2023-1207, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ea6b79c-2a09-4a6e-9b4b-a81f96e3bc12?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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