WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Page Builder Elements

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2025-4968
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published July 23, 2025
Last Updated July 24, 2025
Researcher zer0gh0st
Description

The WPBakery Page Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple Page Builder elements (Copyright Element, Hover Box, Separator With Text, FAQ, Single Image, Custom Header, Button, Call To Action, Progress Bar, Pie Chart, Round Chart, and Line Chart) in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug js_composer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.4.1
Patched Version
  • 8.5
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