Unfiltered HTML Settings Vulnerability in Pagelayer WordPress Plugin
CVE-2023-7115

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Page Builder: Pagelayer
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 February 2024

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected Version(s)

Page Builder: Pagelayer 0 < 1.8.1

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-7115 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ddd1a9e-3f96-4020-9b2b-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

websafe2021
WPScan
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