# CVE-2024-35768: WordPress Page Builder: Live Composer plugin <= 2.1.22 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser via DOM-based XSS in the Live Composer plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9fm6-mqj4-6fg4

## What is CVE-2024-35768?

CVE-2024-35768 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Page Builder: Live Composer, published on 21 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Live Composer Team Page Builder: Live Composer live-composer-page-builder allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Page Builder: Live Composer: from n/a through 2.1.22.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35768?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Blueastral Page Builder\.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35768?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35768 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-35768 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Page Builder: Live Composer

- [CVE-2023-52206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52206/): WordPress Page Builder: Live Composer Plugin <= 1.5.25 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2024-35779](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35779/): Cross-site scripting in Page Builder: Live Composer (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-52193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52193/): WordPress Page Builder: Live Composer Plugin <= 1.5.23 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-4669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4669/): Page Builder: Live Composer < 1.5.23 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35768 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35768 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Page Builder: Live Composer, published on 21 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Page Builder: Live Composer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35768/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35768/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35768
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35768
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35768

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35768/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.