Vulnerability · Published Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-2509Page Builder: Pagelayer <= 2.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Widget Custom Attributes
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder from softaculous. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Page Builder: Pagelayer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Button widget's Custom Attributes field in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.8. This is due to an incomplete event handler blocklist in the 'pagelayer_xss_content' XSS filtering function, which blocks common, but not all, event handlers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| softaculous | Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder | 0 – through 2.0.8 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/915c119d-2bae-4ea6-babb-7e8e99054cd0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagelayer/trunk/main/functions.php#L1293
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagelayer/trunk/main/shortcode_functions.php#L689
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3479046/