Visual Text Editor <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2025-28893
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published March 24, 2025
Last Updated April 2, 2025
Researcher theviper17y
Description

The Visual Text Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug visual-text-editor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.1
Patched Version
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