CVE-2024-43972
WordPress Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin <= 1.8.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pagelayer Team PageLayer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PageLayer: from n/a through 1.8.7.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin <= 1.8.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pagelayer Team PageLayer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PageLayer: from n/a through 1.8.7.
- Record
CVE-2024-43972- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-40621
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pagelayer Team PageLayer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PageLayer: from n/a through 1.8.7.
- Record
EUVD-2024-40621- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v7rv-hc58-3pgf
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pagelayer Team PageLayer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PageLayer: from n/a through 1.8.7.
- Record
GHSA-v7rv-hc58-3pgf- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Pagelayer Team PageLayer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PageLayer: from n/a through 1.8.7.
- Record
CVE-2024-43972- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-43972 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Pagelayer, published September 17, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.