# CVE-2026-2470: Pagelayer <= 2.0.9 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Mail Relay Configuration via 'contacts'

> Authenticated contributors can modify mail relay configurations via improper authorization checks, enabling unauthorized control over outbound email templates.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r293-jvq6-pfqr

## What is CVE-2026-2470?

CVE-2026-2470 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 13 Jun 2026. 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 Incorrect Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This is due to the pagelayer_save_content AJAX handler allowing users with basic post-edit capability to persist pagelayer_contact_templates metadata on posts they can edit (including pending posts), while the unauthenticated pagelayer_contact_submit endpoint later consumes that metadata by user-controlled post/form identifiers without enforcing a privileged or published-context boundary. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to configure arbitrary contact-form mail templates that are usable through unauthenticated form submission via the contacts parameter. In typical deployments this template feature is configured via Pagelayer Pro UI; however, the vulnerable backend trust path is still present. This issue may be chained with CVE-2026-2442 to increase exploitability and attacker control over outbound email behavior.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2470?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-2470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-2470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2470 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-2470 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder, published on 13 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2470 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-2026-2470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2470/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2470
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2470
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-2470

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2470/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.