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

9.9 CVSS

Description

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in NotFound Visual Text Editor allows Remote Code Inclusion. This issue affects Visual Text Editor: from n/a through 1.2.1.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-28893

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.9

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: NotFound

Product: Visual Text Editor

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 14.05% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28893
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/visual-text-editor/vulnerability/wordpress-visual-text-editor-plugin-1-2-1-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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