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CVE-2021-4383: WP Quick FrontEnd Editor <= 5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Content Injection
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to page content injection in versions up to, and including, 5.5. This is due to missing capability checks in the plugin's page-editing functionality. This makes it possible for low-authenticated attackers, such as subscribers, to edit/create any page or post on the blog.
Affected products
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-wp-quick-frontend-editor-plugin-unpatched/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-quick-front-end-editor/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5492bff-cfd9-41ed-a59b-4445d5e83e86?source=cve
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-wp-quick-frontend-editor-plugin-unpatched/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-quick-front-end-editor/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5492bff-cfd9-41ed-a59b-4445d5e83e86?source=cve
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