benjaminprojas WP Editor Plugin up to 1.2.9.1 on WordPress path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in benjaminprojas WP Editor Plugin up to 1.2.9.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-3294. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in benjaminprojas WP Editor Plugin up to 1.2.9.1 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-3294 since 04/04/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• benjaminprojas

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• WP Editor Plugin

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• 1.2.9.0
• 1.2.9.1

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