Htaccess by BestWebSoft – WordPress Website Access Control Plugin
htaccess · plugin
Known security vulnerabilities for Htaccess by BestWebSoft – WordPress Website Access Control Plugin. Find out in seconds which version runs on your site with WP Lens.
2 known vulnerabilities
2 exploitable without logging in · 1 with public exploit code · latest Feb 5, 2020
Listed on wordpress.org · latest 1.8.9 · last updated Apr 24, 2026 · 300+ installs
wordpress.org status checked on Oct 6, 2026
Vulnerabilities
- High 8.8
CVE-2020-8658unauthenticated · needs a click
The BestWebSoft Htaccess plugin through 1.8.1 for WordPress allows wp-admin/admin.php?page=htaccess.php&action=htaccess_editor CSRF.
- Medium 6.1
CVE-2017-18496unauthenticated · needs a click
The htaccess plugin before 1.7.6 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
The access label is read from the record's own text (e.g. “subscriber+”: subscriber and above). When the text names no role, CVSS decides between “login required” and “high privilege”; no role name is invented. “Needs a click”: the attack depends on a logged-in user following a link (CSRF, reflected XSS).