Plugins · admin-menu-editor · data as of 2026-11-01
Is Admin Menu Editor safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.15.2
- Last updated
- 2026-08-19
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Lets you edit the WordPress admin menu. You can re-order, hide or rename menus, add custom menus and more. — by Janis Elsts
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.15.2). Anything older than 1.15 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get admin-menu-editor --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update admin-menu-editor updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-32456 · published 2026-03-13
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Admin Menu Editor (1.14.1 and older)
- Affected
- 1.14.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.15
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Janis Elsts Admin Menu Editor admin-menu-editor allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Admin Menu Editor: from n/a through <= 1.14.1.
medium 6.4 CVE-2025-9493 · published 2025-09-06
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Admin Menu Editor (1.14 and older)
- Affected
- 1.14 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.14.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
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.
NVD CVE-2025-9493Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)wordpress.orgPlugin source
high 8.8 CVE-2024-24876 · published 2024-02-21
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Admin Menu Editor (1.12 and older)
- Affected
- 1.12 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.12.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Janis Elsts Admin Menu Editor.This issue affects Admin Menu Editor: from n/a through 1.12.
medium 6.1 CVE-2022-0625 · published 2022-05-09
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Admin Menu Editor (1.0.4 to 1.0.4)
- Affected
- 1.0.4 to 1.0.4
- Fixed in
- 1.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
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.
Recent activity
- 2026-08-19 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.15.2).
- 2026-03-13 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-32456), fixed in 1.15.
- 2025-09-06 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-9493), fixed in 1.14.1.
- 2024-02-21 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2024-24876), fixed in 1.12.1.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-editor (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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