Vulnerability · Published Mar 26, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-28893WordPress Visual Text Editor plugin <= 1.2.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

Critical 9.9

In plain English

A critical-severity code injection in Visual Text Editor from Govind. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.9Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Govind Visual Text Editor visual-text-editor allows Remote Code Inclusion.This issue affects Visual Text Editor: from n/a through <= 1.2.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Govind Visual Text Editor 0 – through 1.2.1

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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