| Component | AutoGen |
| Severity | medium (CVSS 6.4) |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Published (NVD) | 2026-01-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
| Affected versions | not published yet, see the advisory |
| Fixed in | see the vendor advisory |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| CISA KEV | not listed |
NVD description
The Autogen Headers Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'head_class' parameter of the 'autogen_menu' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 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.
What to do
- NVD lists no fixed version yet: follow the vendor advisory below and keep AutoGen off the public internet until a fix ships.
- Do not expose the component's API or UI to the internet without authentication in front of it.
Sources
- NVD: CVE-2025-13704
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autogen-headers-menu/tags/1.0.1/index.php#L115
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autogen-headers-menu/tags/1.0.1/index.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autogen-headers-menu/trunk/index.php#L115
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/autogen-headers-menu/trunk/index.php#L53
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a63bf106-78cf-441b-a1b3-77ec1cf6c22b?source=cve