XSS in Pagelayer

CVE-2024-8426

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.8.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-8426: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Pagelayer
  • Page Builder: Pagelayer — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8426?
CVE-2024-8426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pagelayer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-8426?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.