Cross-site scripting in softaculous Page Builder: Pagelayer – 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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| softaculous | Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder | up to 2.0.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder Vendorsoftaculous Affected up to 2.0.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2509
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x727-7jhm-cmg5
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/915c119d-2bae-4ea6-babb-7e8e99054cd0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagelayer/trunk/main/functions.php#L1293
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagelayer/trunk/main/shortcode_functions.php#L689
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3479046/
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Sources
- CVE-2026-2509 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2509 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x727-7jhm-cmg5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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