Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder: A security weakness
Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder
- Plugin slug
pagelayer- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 13, 2025
This CVE was published Nov 13, 2025 and is one of 25 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5 via the pagelayer_replace_page function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace media files belonging to other users, including administrators.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N