WordPress.com Editing Toolkit

WordPress.com Editing Toolkit has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for WordPress.com Editing Toolkit has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Rafie Muhammad. WordPress.com Editing Toolkit is installed on roughly 1,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.3.10.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2023-50879

WordPress.com Editing Toolkit <= 3.78784 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2023-12-26 00:00	WordPress.com Editing Toolkit <= 3.78784 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting WordPress.com Editing Toolkit <= 3.78784	`CVE-2023-50879`	6.4 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes

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Plugin Profile

Latestv4.30505

WordPress.com Editing Toolkit

Author

Automattic

2.4(13)

48/100

Last Updated

2026-08-24 (20d ago)

Active Installs

1,000+

Downloads

835,176

Requires WP

5.5+

Requires PHP

5.6.20+

Tested up to

WP 6.3.10

Created

2019-05-29 (7y ago)

This plugin is experimental. You’re welcome to try it, just be aware that it is only designed to work on the WordPress.com environment and could break after an update.

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