Description
The wpbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Custom Heading tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2024-05-02
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-17567 The wpbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Custom Heading tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WPBakery Visual Composer <= 7.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Heading tag attribute

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 28 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpbakery
Wpbakery page Builder
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpbakery
Wpbakery page Builder

Subscriptions

Wpbakery Page Builder
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:58:11.705Z

Reserved: 2024-02-23T14:44:08.449Z

Link: CVE-2024-1842

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.352Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-02T17:15:14.023

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:20:51.653

Link: CVE-2024-1842

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses