Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder: known security problems
30 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 30 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 2.1.0 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
Based on public reports. Check the plugin’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.
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Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.0.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.9
- Fixed in
- 2.1.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.1.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-2470
- Report title
- Pagelayer <= 2.0.9 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Mail Relay Configuration via 'contacts'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.0.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.9
- Fixed in
- 2.1.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.1.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-3297
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 2.0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Anchor Block
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.0.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.8
- Fixed in
- 2.0.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-2509
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer <= 2.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Widget Custom Attributes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.7
- Fixed in
- 2.0.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-2442
- Report title
- Pagelayer <= 2.0.7 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences to Unauthenticated Email Header Injection via 'email'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.0.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.8
- Fixed in
- 2.0.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-39469
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 2.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.5
- Fixed in
- 2.0.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-12366
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 2.0.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.0.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.0
- Fixed in
- 2.0.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-4223
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 2.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via login_url Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.0.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.0
- Fixed in
- 2.0.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13427
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Link
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.8
- Fixed in
- 2.0.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 2.0.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-2104
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.9.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Publication
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site (up to and including 1.9.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.8
- Fixed in
- 1.9.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.9.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13430
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Private Post Disclosure in pagelayer_builder_posts_shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 1.9.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.8
- Fixed in
- 1.9.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.9.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-1926
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.9.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) To Post Contents Modification
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.9.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.4
- Fixed in
- 1.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-24573
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 1.9.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.8.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.9
- Fixed in
- 1.9.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.9.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-8618
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer <= 1.8.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.8.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.7
- Fixed in
- 1.8.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-43972
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 1.8.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.8.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.7
- Fixed in
- 1.8.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-8426
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer <= 1.8.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.1
- Fixed in
- 1.8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-30465
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 1.8.1 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.8.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.4
- Fixed in
- 1.8.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2504
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.8.4 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom attributes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.8.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.3
- Fixed in
- 1.8.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2127
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.8.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Attributes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.8.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.8.2
- Fixed in
- 1.8.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1590
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.8.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.8.0
- Fixed in
- 1.8.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-5124
- Report title
- Pagelayer <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Header/Footer code
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.7.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.7.8
- Fixed in
- 1.7.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.7.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6738
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 1.7.8 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via meta fields
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.7.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.7.9
- Fixed in
- 1.8.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.8.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-7115
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 1.7.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.7.7
- Fixed in
- 1.7.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.7.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-49196
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 1.7.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via pagelayer_load_plugin
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 1.7.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.7.6
- Fixed in
- 1.7.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.7.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4687
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.7.6 - Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.7.7
- Fixed in
- 1.7.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.7.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-5087
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Header/Footer
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.7.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.7.7
- Fixed in
- 1.7.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.7.7 or newer.
- Report title
- PageLayer <= 1.7.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.3.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.3.5
- Fixed in
- 1.3.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.3.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-36383
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder < 1.3.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via font-size
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.3.5) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.3.5
- Fixed in
- 1.3.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.3.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-36384
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder < 1.3.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Color Settings
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.1.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.1.2
- Fixed in
- 1.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-35944
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.1.2) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.1.2
- Fixed in
- 1.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to version 1.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-35947
- Report title
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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