WP Editor

WP Editor has 10 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2016 and 2026; all 10 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 7.1, and the most serious one scores 9.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 1 critical and 5 high. 2024 was the busiest year with 3 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 2 of the records (20%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting, Path Traversal.

Every one of the 10 issues recorded for WP Editor has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

6 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (2) reported by nquangit. WP Editor is installed on roughly 20,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSHigh

7.1/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 9.8CVE-2016-10886

WP Editor < 1.2.6 - Incorrect Permission Assignment or Protection

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Vulnerability Records

10 records


2026-04-30 00:00	WP Editor <= 1.2.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via Plugin and Theme File Editor WP Editor <= 1.2.9.2	`CVE-2026-3772`	8.8 High	AlexHenry	Yes
2025-04-16 17:11	WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1	`CVE-2025-3295`	4.9 Medium	nquangit	Yes
2025-04-16 17:10	WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Update WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1	`CVE-2025-3294`	7.2 High	nquangit	Yes
2024-09-12 00:00	WP Editor <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization WP Editor <= 1.2.9	`CVE-2022-2446`	7.2 High	Rasoul Jahanshahi	Yes
2024-03-26 00:00	WP Editor <= 1.2.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting WP Editor <= 1.2.8	`CVE-2024-24700`	6.1 Medium	Rafie Muhammad	Yes
2024-02-12 00:00	WP Editor <= 1.2.7 - Sensitive Information Exposure via log file WP Editor <= 1.2.7	`CVE-2024-25591`	5.3 Medium	Joshua Chan	Yes
2021-02-01 00:00	WP Editor <= 1.2.6.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL injection WP Editor <= 1.2.6.3	`CVE-2021-24151`	7.2 High	Nguyen Van Khanh	Yes
2021-01-15 00:00	WP Editor < 1.2.6 - Incorrect Permission Assignment or Protection WP Editor < 1.2.6	`CVE-2016-10886`	9.8 Critical	Anonymous	Yes
2016-10-05 00:00	WP Editor <= 1.2.6.2 - Cross-Site Scripting WP Editor < 1.2.6.3	`CVE-2016-10877`	6.1 Medium	Anonymous	Yes
2016-05-13 00:00	WP Editor < 1.2.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery WP Editor < 1.2.6	`CVE-2016-10885`	8.8 High	Anonymous	Yes

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Latestv1.2.9.3

WP Editor

Author

benjaminprojas

4.5(95)

90/100

Last Updated

2026-03-11 (6mo ago)

Active Installs

20,000+

Downloads

1,093,914

Requires WP

3.9+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 6.9.7

Created

2012-01-30 (15y ago)

WP Editor is a plugin for WordPress that replaces the default plugin and theme editors as well as the page/post editor. Using integrations with CodeMirror and FancyBox to create a feature rich environment, WP Editor completely reworks the default WordPress file editing capabilities. Using Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX) to retrieve files and folders, WP Editor sets a new standard for speed and reliability in a web-based editing atmosphere. Features: CodeMirror Active Line Highlighting Line Numbers Line Wrapping Eight Editor Themes with Syntax Highlighting Fullscreen Editing (ESC, F11) Text Search (CMD + F, CTRL + F) Individual Settings for Each Editor FancyBox for image viewing AJAX File Browser Allowed Extensions List Easy to use Settings Section

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