CVE-2026-2422 PUBLISHED

WP Composer <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'pbwp_raw_shortcode' Shortcode

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 12.02.2026 Published: 19.09.2026 Updated: 19.09.2026

The WP Composer – The Easiest Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pbwp_raw_shortcode' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to the shortcode handler decoding Base64-encoded content and outputting it directly without any sanitization or escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The Base64 encoding allows the payload to bypass WordPress's KSES content filtering at save time, since the encoded string contains no harmful HTML characters.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor ghozylab
Product WP Composer – The Easiest Page Builder
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.0.5 (incl.)

Credits

  • Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE