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Visual CSS Style Editor vulnerabilities
Visual CSS Style Editor has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 1 Feb 2022.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- Latest version
- 7.6.7
- Last updated
- 23 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 1 Feb 2022
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-2021-24934 | Medium 6.1 | Before 7.5.4 | Fixed in 7.5.4 | 1 Feb 2022 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2019-11886 | High 8.8 | Before 7.2.1 | Fixed in 7.2.1 | 13 May 2019 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2021-24934, 1 Feb 2022
- The Visual CSS Style Editor WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 does not sanitise and escape the wyp_page_type parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue CVE record
- CVE-2019-11886, 13 May 2019
- The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update CSRF, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access. CVE record
What to do if you run Visual CSS Style Editor
If you run Visual CSS Style 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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