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Vulnerability · 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-S

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 17, 2025 · Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer

Check this week

CVE-2024-8426 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 33.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
33.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer 0 <1.8.8

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

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer 0 <1.8.80 <1.8.8

How to fix CVE-2024-8426

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-8426 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 33.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer 0 <1.8.8 0 <1.8.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 33.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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

  2. May 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-8426

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15269

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.