Known vulnerabilities in WP Coder – Insert & Manage Code Snippets

Snippets made simple — easily insert and manage custom PHP, CSS, JS & HTML without coding in theme files.

5Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

4.5.1Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP Coder – Insert & Manage Code Snippets to 3.6.1 or later. 5 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 9, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2021-25053	High 8.8	0.7%	Before 2.5.2	`2.5.2`	January 10, 2022
CVE-2022-2388	Medium 6.5	0.4%	Before 2.5.3	`2.5.3`	August 22, 2022
CVE-2025-24699	Medium 6.1	0.1%	3.6 and earlier	`3.6.1`	January 31, 2025
CVE-2023-0895	Medium 4.9	0.8%	2.5.3 and earlier	`2.5.4`	February 17, 2023
CVE-2024-2578	Medium 4.4	0.3%	3.5 and earlier	`3.5.1`	March 18, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.