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CVE-2026-3772: WP Editor <= 1.2.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via Plugin and Theme File Editor

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The WP Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9.2. This is due to missing nonce verification in the 'add_plugins_page' and 'add_themes_page' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite arbitrary plugin and theme PHP files with attacker-controlled code via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.

Affected products

• benjaminprojas WP Editor: through 1.2.9.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-editor/trunk/classes/WPEditorPlugins.php#L60
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-editor/trunk/classes/WPEditorThemes.php#L103
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3480577/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1bc4a87-d5de-4d66-9cc5-802ef11f886c?source=cve

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