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CVE-2024-2127: Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.8.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Attributes

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder: before 1.8.4 — fixed in 1.8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 1.8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3045444%40pagelayer&new=3045444%40pagelayer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98bff131-dee2-4549-9167-69dc3f8d6b9d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3045444%40pagelayer&new=3045444%40pagelayer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98bff131-dee2-4549-9167-69dc3f8d6b9d?source=cve

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