CVE-2024-1590 Cross-site scripting in Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder

Medium 4.6 Published 23 Feb 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Button Widget, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-1590?

CVE-2024-1590 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 23 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Button Widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions 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-2024-1590?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pagelayer Pagelayer.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1590?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1590 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-2024-1590 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gjq6-76gc-q75p.