CVE-2025-12782 Missing authorization in Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder

Medium 4.3 Published 4 Dec 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can disable Beaver Builder layouts on arbitrary posts, causing content integrity issues and layout disruption.

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-2025-12782?

CVE-2025-12782 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in beaverbuilder Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder, published on 4 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's authorization in the disable() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to disable the Beaver Builder layout on arbitrary posts and pages, causing content integrity issues and layout disruption on those pages.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12782?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fastlinemedia Beaver Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2025-12782?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12782 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-12782 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3rvf-q5p8-4p2c.