# CVE-2025-3294: WP Editor <= 1.2.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Update

> Administrators can exploit missing path validation to overwrite arbitrary files, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xp8f-rxxq-p5wv

## What is CVE-2025-3294?

CVE-2025-3294 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in benjaminprojas WP Editor, published on 17 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file update due to missing file path validation 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 overwrite arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible assuming the files can be written to by the web server.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3294?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Benjaminrojas Wp Editor.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in benjaminprojas WP Editor

- [CVE-2016-10886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10886/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10885/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-2446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2446/): WP Editor <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-24151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24151/): WP Editor < 1.2.7 - Authenticated SQL injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-25591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25591/): WordPress WP Editor plugin <=1.2.7 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3294 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3294 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in benjaminprojas WP Editor, published on 17 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: benjaminprojas WP Editor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3294/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3294

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3294/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.