Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Private Post Disclosure in pagelayer_builder_posts_shortcode

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-13430
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 11, 2025
Last Updated March 12, 2025
Researcher Nishiv
Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8 via the 'pagelayer_builder_posts_shortcode' function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from private posts that they should not have access to.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug pagelayer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.8
Patched Version
  • 1.9.9
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