CVE-2026-7726
Layouts for WPBakery <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Template Cache Manipulation via 'handle_sync' AJAX Action
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- May 3, 2026
Description
The Layouts for WPBakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized actions due to a missing capability check on the `Layouts_WPB_Remote::template_sync()` callback registered via `wp_ajax_nopriv_handle_sync` in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to force the WordPress server to issue outbound HTTP requests to the plugin vendor's external API (`https://www.layoutsforwpbakery.com/wp-json/layoutsforwpbakery/v1/{templates,categories}`) and to write the JSON-decoded responses verbatim into the site's `wp_options` table via `set_transient()` — at any rate the attacker chooses, with no nonce verification, capability check, or rate limiting.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Layouts for WPBakerytecheshta |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2beaf82f-3709-48de-bcc2-535479c4fafe?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/class-layout-importer.php#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3543686%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk&old=3543685%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk
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