CVE-2025-28893

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

9.9 Critical

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.80%Up 0.7 points since Mar 27, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.9

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

Record: CVE-2025-28893
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-8148 9.9

Record: EUVD-2025-8148
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3cm3-xc2x-9g73 9.9

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in NotFound Visual Text...

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in NotFound Visual Text Editor allows Remote Code Inclusion. This issue affects Visual Text Editor: from n/a through 1.2.1.

Record: GHSA-3cm3-xc2x-9g73
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.9

Record: CVE-2025-28893
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-28893 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Govind Visual Text Editor, published March 26, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.