CVE-2026-1231
Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder <= 2.10.0.5 - Authenticated (Custom+) Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Global Settings
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the js Global Settings parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0.5 due to missing capability checks on save_global_settings() function and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above who have been granted beaver builder access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder <= 2.10.0.5 - Authenticated (Custom+) Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Global Settings
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the js Global Settings parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0.5 due to missing capability checks on save_global_settings() function and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above who have been granted beaver builder access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2026-1231- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-5949
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the js Global Settings parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0.5 due to missing capability checks on save_global_settings() function and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above who have been granted beaver builder access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2026-5949- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jcf4-c65g-q4qm
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is...
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the js Global Settings parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0.5 due to missing capability checks on save_global_settings() function and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above who have been granted beaver builder access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-jcf4-c65g-q4qm- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the js Global Settings parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.0.5 due to missing capability checks on save_global_settings() function and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above who have been granted beaver builder access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2026-1231- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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-2026-1231 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Beaverbuilder Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag And Drop Website Builder, published February 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f7827bb-44d7-432d-85aa-3fdb117e1898?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/beaver-builder-lite-version/tags/2.9.4.2/classes/class-fl-builder.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1231
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcf4-c65g-q4qm