CVE-2024-2127 Cross-site scripting in Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder

Medium 6.4 Published 7 Mar 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via custom attributes, 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-2024-2127?

CVE-2024-2127 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 7 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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-2024-2127?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pagelayer Pagelayer.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2127?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2127 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-2024-2127 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2127 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xxg7-9g5c-hjq7.