Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-15101
WPBakery Page Builder <= 8.7.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data' Parameter
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WPBakery Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.7.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The wp_kses_post sanitization applied during save does not neutralize the payload because the malicious script content is base64-encoded as plain alphanumeric text with no HTML tags to strip; the vc_raw_html shortcode template then decodes and echoes this content unescaped at render time.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
WPBakery Page Builder · wpbakery
through 8.7.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15101
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15101
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/js_composer/trunk/include/autoload/hooks/vc-settings-presets.php#L56
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/js_composer/trunk/include/autoload/hooks/vc-settings-presets.php#L88
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/js_composer/trunk/include/classes/core/presets/class-vc-settings-presets.php#L227
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/js_composer/trunk/include/templates/shortcodes/vc_raw_html.php#L30
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b61ced52-30a2-407a-8659-1ae4a4d99aab?source=cve
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