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

published 2025-03-26 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-8148

cvss: 9.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2025-03-26)

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Govind Visual Text Editor

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/visual-text-editor/vulnerability/wordpress-visual-text-editor-plugin-1-2-1-remote-c
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-28893
NVD CVE-2025-28893

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