WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Layouts for WPBakery < 1.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Template Cache Manipulation via 'handle_sync' AJAX Action
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.
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References
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
murd0ck, Patricio Briones (CyberDoomer)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-04 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-08-04 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-05 (about 2 months ago)