WordPress plugin · front-editor
Is Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor safe?
2 flaws affect the current version.
The newest release on wordpress.org, 5.0.6, is inside the affected range of 2 records, so there may be no fix yet. Check the changelog; if it doesn’t mention the fix, deactivate it until it does.
- Flaws on record
- 8
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 5.0.6
- Last updated
- Feb 16, 2026
- Active installs
- 100+
Every recorded flaw
- Mar 11, 2026Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor: Allows passing a URL parameter to regenerate aCVE-2026-1867 · fixed in 5.0.6 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.9
- Jan 7, 2026Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor – WP Front User Submit: Unauthorized modification of dataCVE-2025-13419 · affects up to 5.0.0 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.3
- Nov 24, 2025Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor: Does not validate a parameter before redirecting the user to its valueCVE-2025-12569 · fixed in 5.0.0 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.7
- Jun 27, 2025WP Front User Submit / Front Editor: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-28988 · affects up to 4.9.3 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
- Jun 20, 2025WP Front User Submit / Front Editor: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2025-52795 · affects up to 5.0.6 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
- May 7, 2025WP Front User Submit / Front Editor: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-47617 · affects up to 5.0.6 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
- May 2, 2024Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin – WP Front User Submit / Front Editor: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2024-2967 · affects up to 4.4.7 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.4
- Aug 30, 2023Front Editor: Does not sanitize and escape some of its form settingsCVE-2023-1982 · affects up to 4.0.4 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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