CVE-2025-2104: Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.9.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Publication
Description
The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to insufficient validation on the pagelayer_save_content() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to bypass post moderation and publish posts to the site.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-2104
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: softaculous
Product: Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 4.17% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-11 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2104https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e3897fb-0f40-4111-8a7d-60415e1f9f96?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3253356%40pagelayer&new=3253356%40pagelayer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=