CVE-2025-2104 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2025-2104

Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder <= 1.9.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Publication

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post publication due to insufficient validation on the pagelayer_save_content() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to bypass post moderation and publish posts to the site.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Brian Sans-Souci

References

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SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated Settings Reset

Affected Vendor

softaculous

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Affected Software

Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 13th, 2025

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1531 Account Access Removal