CVE-2024-8618 Page Builder: Pagelayer < 1.9.0- Admin+ Stored XSS
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Pagelayer WordPress plugin, affecting multisite environments.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8618?
CVE-2024-8618 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.9.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8618?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pagelayer Pagelayer.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8618?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8618 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-2024-8618 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8618 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer
- CVE-2020-35944 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2020-35947 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2024-30465 WordPress PageLayer plugin <= 1.8.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2024-2504 Cross-site scripting in Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder
- CVE-2024-2127 Cross-site scripting in Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v82c-v3v8-qq2x.