WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

4.9
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-3295
CVSS 4.9 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 16, 2025
Last Updated April 17, 2025
Researcher nquangit - Techlab Corporation

Description

The WP Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may reveal sensitive information.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Editor

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-editor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.9.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.9.1
Patched Version
  • 1.2.9.2

Recent vulnerabilities in WP Editor

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 WP Editor <= 1.2.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via Plugin and Theme File Editor CVE-2026-3772 8.8 AlexHenry April 30, 2026
2 WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Update CVE-2025-3294 7.2 nquangit April 16, 2025
3 WP Editor <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization CVE-2022-2446 7.2 Rasoul Jahanshahi September 12, 2024
4 WP Editor <= 1.2.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-24700 6.1 Rafie Muhammad March 26, 2024
5 WP Editor <= 1.2.7 - Sensitive Information Exposure via log file CVE-2024-25591 5.3 Joshua Chan February 12, 2024
6 WP Editor <= 1.2.6.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL injection CVE-2021-24151 7.2 Nguyen Van Khanh February 1, 2021
7 WP Editor < 1.2.6 - Incorrect Permission Assignment or Protection CVE-2016-10886 9.8 January 15, 2021
8 WP Editor <= 1.2.6.2 - Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2016-10877 6.1 October 5, 2016
9 WP Editor < 1.2.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2016-10885 8.8 May 13, 2016

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