Visual Composer Website Builder: known security problems
14 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 14 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 45.16.4 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 45.16.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.16.3
- Fixed in
- 45.16.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.16.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-106596
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.16.3 - 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 45.16.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.16.2
- Fixed in
- 45.16.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.16.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-97262
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.16.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.16.0
- Fixed in
- 45.16.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.16.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-12227
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.16.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via 'vcv-template' 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 45.16.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.16.1
- Fixed in
- 45.16.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.16.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-62138
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.16.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 45.15.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.15.0
- Fixed in
- 45.16.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.16.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-65568
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.15.0 - 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 45.13.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.13.0
- Fixed in
- 45.15.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.15.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-55709
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.13.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- 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 45.11.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.11.0
- Fixed in
- 45.12.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.12.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-48276
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.11.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- 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 45.10.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.10.0
- Fixed in
- 45.11.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.11.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-46254
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.10.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 45.8.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.8.0
- Fixed in
- 45.9.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.9.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-35653
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.8.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 45.6.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.6.0
- Fixed in
- 45.7.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.7.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-27997
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.6.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- 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 45.6.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.6.0
- Fixed in
- 45.7.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.7.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6880
- Report title
- Visual Composer Premium <= 45.6.0 - 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 45.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.0
- Fixed in
- 45.0.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.0.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2516
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Title'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 45.0) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 45.0
- Fixed in
- 45.0.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 45.0.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2430
- Report title
- Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Text Block'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 26.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 26.0
- Fixed in
- 27.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Visual Composer Website Builder to version 27.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-36722
- Report title
- Visual Composer <= 26.0 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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