TI-2022-02244 Aliases CVE-2022-2430 GHSA-wpw5-gv5x-wcxq

Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Text Block'

LOW 29CWE-79Published 2022-09-06 · Updated 2025-01-31

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Visual Composer Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Text Block' feature in versions up to, and including, 45.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with access to the visual composer editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00642 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Visual Composer	Visual Composer Website Builder, Landing Page Builder, Custom Theme Builder, Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Pages	45.0 – 45.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

Visual Composer Website Builder, Landing Page Builder, Custom Theme Builder, Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Pages VendorVisual Composer Affected 45.0 – 45.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:visualcomposer:visual_composer_website_builder::::::wordpress::*	up to 45.0	Vulnerable	Visual Composer

cpe:2.3:a:visualcomposer:visual_composer_website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 45.0 Vulnerable ·Visual Composer

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2430
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wpw5-gv5x-wcxq
2026-10-29 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2778808%40visualcomposer&new=2778808%40visualcomposer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2430

TI-2024-23522 Cross-site scripting in Visual Composer Website Builder CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-06285 Visual Composer Premium <= 45.6.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2022-02325 Visual Composer Website Builder <= 45.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Title' CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2025-29006 WordPress Visual Composer Website Builder plugin <= 45.10.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2020-18893 Visual Composer <= 26.0 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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