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

9.9 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

theviper17 | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

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

Affected Vendor

Govind

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Affected Software

Visual Text Editor

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: March 26th, 2025

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

Execution

T1505.003 Web Shell

Persistence

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation

Impact