CVE-2024-1840

The wpbakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post Author tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://kb.wpbakery.com/docs/preface/release-notes/	Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb8ecbbc-ada9-4887-92e6-25a587ecfb84?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://kb.wpbakery.com/docs/preface/release-notes/	Release Notes
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb8ecbbc-ada9-4887-92e6-25a587ecfb84?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

28 May 2025, 19:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79
References	~~() https://kb.wpbakery.com/docs/preface/release-notes/ -~~	() https://kb.wpbakery.com/docs/preface/release-notes/ - Release Notes
References	~~() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb8ecbbc-ada9-4887-92e6-25a587ecfb84?source=cve -~~	() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb8ecbbc-ada9-4887-92e6-25a587ecfb84?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
First Time		Wpbakery page Builder Wpbakery
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder::::::wordpress::*

Information

Published : 2024-05-02 17:15

Updated : 2025-05-28 19:57

NVD link : CVE-2024-1840

Mitre link : CVE-2024-1840

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-1840

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wpbakery

page_builder

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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