CVE-2025-2104 Missing authorization in Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder

Medium 4.3 Published 13 Mar 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can bypass post moderation and publish posts due to missing authorization checks in the Pagelayer WordPress plugin.

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-2025-2104?

CVE-2025-2104 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 13 Mar 2025. 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 unauthorized post publication due to insufficient validation on the pagelayer_save_content() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to bypass post moderation and publish posts to the site.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2104?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pagelayer Pagelayer.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2104?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2104 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-2025-2104 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-95hj-r9g9-45hj.