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PageLayer <= 1.7.8 — Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via meta fields

CVE-2023-6738Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤1.7.8Update to 1.7.9 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium5.4
CVSS
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder pagelayer

  1. Affected≤ 1.7.8
  2. Patched in1.7.9

Update to 1.7.9 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.8. Version 1.7.9 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 1.7.9, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nex Team.

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pagelayer_header_code', 'pagelayer_body_open_code', and 'pagelayer_footer_code' meta fields in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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. This appears to be a reintroduction of a vulnerability patched in version 1.7.7.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Anchor Block
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Medium5.3Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences to Unauthenticated Email Header Injection via 'email'
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 5.4

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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