CVE-2025-28893 WordPress Visual Text Editor plugin <= 1.2.1 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary code remotely via improper code generation in the Visual Text Editor WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-28893?
CVE-2025-28893 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Govind Visual Text Editor, published on 26 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28893?
How do I fix CVE-2025-28893?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28893 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-28893 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-28893 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cm3-xc2x-9g73.