# CVE-2026-2442: Pagelayer <= 2.0.7 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences to Unauthenticated Email Header Injection via 'email'

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject email headers via CRLF injection in the Pagelayer WordPress plugin if contact forms use placeholders in mail templates.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ccg4-2824-v53p

## What is CVE-2026-2442?

CVE-2026-2442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 28 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.7. This is due to the contact form handler performing placeholder substitution on attacker-controlled form fields and then passing the resulting values into email headers without removing CR/LF characters. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary email headers (for example Bcc / Cc) and abuse form email delivery via the 'email' parameter granted they can target a contact form configured to use placeholders in mail template headers.

Weakness: CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2442?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-2442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-2442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-2442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 28 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder. 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-2026-2442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2442/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-2442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.