CVE-2022-2516 Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Title'
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via post titles in Visual Composer, leading to code execution when users view the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2516?
CVE-2022-2516 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in visualcomposer Visual Composer Website Builder, Landing Page Builder, Custom Theme Builder, Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Pages, published on 6 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Visual Composer Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post/page 'Title' value in versions up to, and including, 45.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with access to the visual composer editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2516?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Visualcomposer Visual Composer Website Builder.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2516?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-2516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in visualcomposer Visual Composer Website Builder, Landing Page Builder, Custom Theme Builder, Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Pages
- CVE-2025-46254 WordPress Visual Composer Website Builder plugin <= 45.10.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-35653 Cross-site scripting in Visual Composer Website Builder
- CVE-2023-6880 Visual Composer Premium <= 45.6.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2022-2430 Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Text Block'
- CVE-2020-36722 Visual Composer <= 26.0 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f64c-c8wr-53rr.