CVE-2024-5708

WPBakery <= 7.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Aug 6, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-46877 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpbakery
Wpbakery wpbakery Page Builder
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:wpbakery_page_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpbakery
Wpbakery wpbakery Page Builder
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:42 PM
Reserved
Jun 6, 2024, 6:03 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 6, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:16 AM