Vulnerability · Published Nov 13, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12366Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 2.0.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key 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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5 via the pagelayer_replace_page function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace media files belonging to other users, including administrators.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| softaculous | Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder | 0 – through 2.0.5 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2216d82c-29ae-4355-8118-6ebc49726c12?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagelayer/tags/2.0.4/main/replace-media.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3394407%40pagelayer%2Ftrunk&old=3384061%40pagelayer%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=