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Admin Menu Editor vulnerabilities
Admin Menu Editor has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 6 Sep 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Latest version
- 1.15.2
- Last updated
- 19 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 6 Sep 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2025-9493 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 1.14 | Fixed in a later version (latest 1.15.2) | 6 Sep 2025 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-0625 | Medium 6.1 | Up to 1.0.4 | Fixed in a later version (latest 1.15.2) | 9 May 2022 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-9493, 6 Sep 2025
- The Admin Menu Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘placeholder’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
- CVE-2022-0625, 9 May 2022
- The Admin Menu Editor WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. CVE record
What to do if you run Admin Menu Editor
If you run Admin Menu Editor, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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