WordPress plugin · htaccess-file-editor
Is Htaccess File Editor safe?
Safe on 1.0.22 or newer.
The current version, 1.0.22, is past every affected range on record (2 of 2 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 2
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 1.0.22
- Last updated
- Dec 2, 2025
- Active installs
- 6,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jan 15, 2025Htaccess File Editor: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or DirectoryCVE-2025-22773 · affects up to 1.0.19 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Nov 1, 2024Htaccess File Editor: Incorrect AuthorizationCVE-2024-49256 · affects up to 1.0.18 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
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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