CVE-2024-5709

The WPBakery Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 via the 'layout_name' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, and with post permissions granted by an Administrator, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpbakery.com/	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fad30c8-fd8a-4cf2-a3aa-16a374231b87?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

28 May 2025, 19:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpbakery.com/ -~~	() https://wpbakery.com/ - Product
References	~~() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fad30c8-fd8a-4cf2-a3aa-16a374231b87?source=cve -~~	() https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fad30c8-fd8a-4cf2-a3aa-16a374231b87?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery:page_builder::::::wordpress::*
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time		Wpbakery Wpbakery page Builder

06 Aug 2024, 16:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-08-06 06:15

Updated : 2025-05-28 19:48

NVD link : CVE-2024-5709

Mitre link : CVE-2024-5709

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-5709

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wpbakery

page_builder

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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