Missing authorization in Techeshta Layouts for WPBakery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Layouts for WPBakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized actions due to a missing capability check on the `Layouts_WPB_Remote::template_sync()` callback registered via `wp_ajax_nopriv_handle_sync` in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to force the WordPress server to issue outbound HTTP requests to the plugin vendor's external API (`https://www.layoutsforwpbakery.com/wp-json/layoutsforwpbakery/v1/{templates,categories}`) and to write the JSON-decoded responses verbatim into the site's `wp_options` table via `set_transient()` — at any rate the attacker chooses, with no nonce verification, capability check, or rate limiting.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7726
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffxc-x9pw-3698
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2beaf82f-3709-48de-bcc2-535479c4fafe?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/class-layout-importer.php#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3543686%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk&old=3543685%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk
More Techeshta vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-20257 WordPress Layouts for Elementor plugin < 1.8 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-25917 WordPress Post Layouts for Gutenberg plugin <= 1.2.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-05742 Cross-site scripting in Techeshta Timeline Blocks for Gutenberg CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-36025 WordPress Card Elements for WPBakery Plugin <= 1.0.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-28794 WordPress Card Elements for Elementor plugin <= 1.2.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-12773 Card Elements for Elementor <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Card Widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-7726 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7726 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ffxc-x9pw-3698 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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