CVE-2024-1805 WPBakery Visual Composer <= 7.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button onclick attribute
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the button onclick attribute, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- 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-2024-1805?
CVE-2024-1805 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPBakery Page Builder, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The wpbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the button onclick 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1805?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpbakery Page Builder.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1805?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1805 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-2024-1805 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in WPBakery Page Builder
- CVE-2024-5709 WPBakery <= 7.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Local File Inclusion
- CVE-2024-43953 WordPress Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder plugin <= 3.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-31213 WordPress WPBakery Page Builder Plugin < 6.13.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-10006 WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2025-11160 WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.6.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom JS Module
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fm3g-x22c-cv3j.