CVE-2023-7115: PageLayer < 1.8.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder: before 1.8.1 — fixed in 1.8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 1.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ddd1a9e-3f96-4020-9b2b-f818a4d5ba58/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ddd1a9e-3f96-4020-9b2b-f818a4d5ba58/

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