Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder: Cross-site scripting
Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder is affected by cross-site scripting. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed. The published affected range is <= 2.0.8.
- Component
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder
- Plugin slug
pagelayer- Affected
- <= 2.0.8
- Safe version
> 2.0.8- Published
- Apr 08, 2026
This CVE was published Apr 08, 2026 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 after 2.0.8, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
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 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Button widget's Custom Attributes field in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.8. This is due to an incomplete event handler blocklist in the 'pagelayer_xss_content' XSS filtering function, which blocks common, but not all, event handlers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N