Cross-site scripting in beaverbuilder Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website…
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 Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'settings[js]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.10.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| beaverbuilder | Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder | up to 2.10.1.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder Vendorbeaverbuilder Affected up to 2.10.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:fastlinemedia:beaver_builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | beaverbuilder |
- cpe:2.3:a:fastlinemedia:beaver_builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·beaverbuilder
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2481
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w8rf-q6v7-c2h2
References
More beaverbuilder vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05334 Assistant < 1.4.4 - Editor+ SSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-03124 Customizer Export/Import < 0.9.5 - Admin+ PHP Objection Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-01273 Customizer Export/Import < 0.9.6 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-29515 WordPress Beaver Builder plugin <= 2.8.3.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-67468 Beaver Builder Page Builder <= 2.11.0.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Sidebar Module Widget Output CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-16754 WordPress Beaver Builder plugin <= 2.5.4.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-2481 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2481 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w8rf-q6v7-c2h2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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