WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WPBakery Page Builder < 8.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via vc_custom_heading Shortcode

Description

The WPBakery Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the vc_custom_heading shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.6.1. This is due to insufficient restriction of allowed HTML tags and improper sanitization of user-supplied attributes in the font_container parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in posts that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page via the vc_custom_heading shortcode with malicious tag and text attributes granted they have access to use WPBakery shortcodes.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 8.7

References

Classification

Type
CROSS FRAME SCRIPTING
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-10-14 (about 7 months ago)
Added
2025-10-14 (about 7 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-10-15 (about 7 months ago)

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