The WPBakery Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘link’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, and with post permissions granted by an Administrator, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2024-5708 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin WPBakery Page Builder. It affects Versions up to 7.7 and is fixed in 7.8.
CVE-2024-5708 is tracked for the Plugin WPBakery Page Builder as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 7.7. Update WPBakery Page Builder to 7.8 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
js_composer
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-5708 |
| Patched Versions |
7.8
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 7.7
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
WPBakery <= 7.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Local File Inclusion
WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.6.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via vc_custom_heading Shortcode
WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.6.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom JS Module
WPBakery Page Builder for WordPress <= 8.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Page Builder Elements
WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.4.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Grid Builder
WPBakery Page Builder <= 7.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via VC Single Image link attribute
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