{"id":"CVE-2026-7726","aliases":["EUVD-2026-53172","GHSA-ffxc-x9pw-3698"],"status":"published","title":"Layouts for WPBakery \u003c= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Template Cache Manipulation via 'handle_sync' AJAX Action","description":"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":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.0047,"percentile":0.40913,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-08-05T06:37:54Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"techeshta","product":"layouts for wpbakery"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2beaf82f-3709-48de-bcc2-535479c4fafe?source=cve"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery/"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L46"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L53"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/class-layout-importer.php#L25"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3543686%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk\u0026old=3543685%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7726"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffxc-x9pw-3698"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-7726","title":"Layouts for WPBakery \u003c= 1.1.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Template Cache Manipulation via 'handle_sync' AJAX Action","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T06:37:54.943Z","modified":"2026-08-05T14:13:46.74Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:05.830416Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-53172","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T06:37:54Z","modified":"2026-08-05T14:13:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:02:10.319044Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ffxc-x9pw-3698","title":"The Layouts for WPBakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized actions due to a...","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T09:31:19Z","modified":"2026-08-05T09:31:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:10:06.632203Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-7726","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T08:16:44.84Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37.147Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:35.031043Z"}]}}