CVE-2026-7726
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,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 19th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- 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
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2beaf82f-3709-48de-bcc2-535479c4fafe?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.