CVE-2024-3923
Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder <= 2.8.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- May 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 17, 2024
Description
The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the link_target parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builderbeaverbuilder |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/99960ff7-62e1-4c44-ae8e-ebda3e075781?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/beaver-builder-lite-version/tags/2.8.0.7/modules/button/includes/frontend.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3078825%40beaver-builder-lite-version%2Ftrunk&old=3062187%40beaver-builder-lite-version%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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