WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Themify Builder < 7.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Builder Data Modification via 'tb_update_old_data' AJAX Action
Description
The Themify Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the stored Themify Builder styling data (padding and margin properties) of arbitrary posts, including private and draft posts, by supplying an attacker-controlled post ID and JSON styling payload. The nonce required by the handler is automatically emitted to all frontend pages rendered by the builder via wp_localize_script, meaning any unauthenticated visitor can trivially retrieve a valid nonce from page source and satisfy the only access control in place.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Wordfence PRISM
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-21 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-21 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-22 (about 1 day ago)