# Insert Special Characters

> A Special Character inserter for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `insert-special-characters`
- Author: 10up
- Version: 1.1.3
- Active installs: 3,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-15 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.5, PHP 7.4
- Tags: character inserter, Character Map, Omega, special characters, symbols
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-special-characters/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2022-12-05 CRITICAL: Remote Code Execution (up to 1.0.5). WF-4c747e6f-31fc-41b0-ba62-f009b5483696-3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c747e6f-31fc-41b0-ba62-f009b5483696?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-12 MEDIUM: Prototype Pollution (up to 1.0.5). WF-45a49dca-2ed2-44cf-a0fe-0f1440a78cc2-2, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45a49dca-2ed2-44cf-a0fe-0f1440a78cc2?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-11 LOW: Regular Expression Denial of Service (up to 1.0.5). WF-2954a007-37ac-4811-a258-b3fdd738043f-3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2954a007-37ac-4811-a258-b3fdd738043f?source=api-prod
- 2022-10-11 LOW: Regular Expression Denial of Service (up to 1.0.5). WF-3bb93138-f2f9-4a3f-a0a2-d79a315c44f3-3, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bb93138-f2f9-4a3f-a0a2-d79a315c44f3?source=api-prod
- 2022-07-19 HIGH: Improper Input Validation (up to 1.0.4). CVE-2022-24775, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07b34541-25df-407b-8d56-16e3e510d83a?source=api-prod
- 2022-05-13 HIGH: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) (up to 1.0.4). CVE-2021-43307, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e78c539c-5b72-4043-aa5a-6234913364ac?source=api-prod
- 2022-04-07 HIGH: Prototype Pollution (up to 1.0.4). CVE-2021-43138, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/361315ff-99ef-4fb2-946f-8ccc307bd3be?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-18 CRITICAL: Prototype Pollution (up to 1.0.4). WF-1f714f97-5e1a-498a-9722-1e4bb883c5c7-2, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f714f97-5e1a-498a-9722-1e4bb883c5c7?source=api-prod
- 2021-09-09 HIGH: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) (up to 1.0.4). WF-aa13c293-0530-478c-acfc-f7d69edae318, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa13c293-0530-478c-acfc-f7d69edae318?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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