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GHSA-FFXC-X9PW-3698

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:31

Details

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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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CVE-2026-7726 (GCVE-0-2026-7726)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 06:37 – Updated: 2026-08-05 14:13

Title

Layouts for WPBakery <= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Template Cache Manipulation via 'handle_sync' AJAX Action

Summary

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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-05 14:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root Scorecard

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layout…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layout…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layout…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
techeshta	Layouts for WPBakery	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.3 (semver)

Credits

murd0ck Patricio Briones (CyberDoomer)

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