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CVE-2020-35947

HIGH 7.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
January 1, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

An issue was discovered in the PageLayer plugin before 1.1.2 for WordPress. Nearly all of the AJAX action endpoints lacked permission checks, allowing these actions to be executed by anyone authenticated on the site. This happened because nonces were used as a means of authorization, but a nonce was present in a publicly viewable page. The greatest impact was the pagelayer_save_content function that allowed pages to be modified and allowed XSS to occur.

Affected WordPress components

  • Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder Plugin · pagelayer
    Confirmed match Active
    Before 1.1.2
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • pagelayer pagelayer — Before 1.1.2

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10239 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/high-severity-vulnerabilities-in-pagelayer-plugin-affect-over-200000-wordpress-sites/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record