# WP Editor

> WP Editor is a plugin for WordPress that replaces the default plugin and theme editors as well as the page/post editor.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:31 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wp-editor`
- Author: benjaminprojas
- Version: 1.2.9.3
- Active installs: 20,000+
- Last update: 2026-03-11 (8 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.9.11 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.9, PHP any
- Tags: code editor, Page Editor, plugin editor, post editor, theme editor
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-editor/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 8 months ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.9.11).
- 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

- 2026-05-01 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via Plugin and Theme File Editor (up to 1.2.9.2). CVE-2026-3772, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1bc4a87-d5de-4d66-9cc5-802ef11f886c?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read (up to 1.2.9.1). CVE-2025-3295, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4618c1f4-c0aa-47f5-8c0b-2cb4a021f2e0?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-16 HIGH: Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Update (up to 1.2.9.1). CVE-2025-3294, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9298820e-3753-41b3-8ba6-9fb494e215a8?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-12 HIGH: Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization (up to 1.2.9). CVE-2022-2446, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3555702-4427-4569-8fd6-f84113593e9d?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-26 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.2.8). CVE-2024-24700, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50bbcfcb-7001-42e7-926c-ec4bf4ea35f6?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-12 MEDIUM: Sensitive Information Exposure via log file (up to 1.2.7). CVE-2024-25591, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66b1f539-9192-43f5-a77d-9763024e6b74?source=api-prod
- 2021-02-01 HIGH: Authenticated (Admin+) SQL injection (up to 1.2.6.3). CVE-2021-24151, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d5a1aec-11f5-4516-9454-651ca4cd6600?source=api-prod
- 2021-01-15 CRITICAL: Incorrect Permission Assignment or Protection (before 1.2.6). CVE-2016-10886, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72aa362f-927d-427f-8de9-f5119d53497e?source=api-prod
- 2016-10-05 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.2.6.3). CVE-2016-10877, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4e16526-89a5-4d49-ab9d-dcc7ad3bc8d0?source=api-prod
- 2016-05-13 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (before 1.2.6). CVE-2016-10885, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aee4fb6f-8ee6-4d6e-8167-876c9453f78f?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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