4.3

CVE-2024-13430: pagelayer Improper Access Control

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 12-03-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-13430 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Access Control vulnerability in pagelayer. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.9.9.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8 via the 'pagelayer_builder_posts_shortcode' function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract data from private posts that they should not have access to.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.33% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pagelayer1 product
Softaculous1 product
  • page builder: pagelayer – drag and drop website builder≤ 1.9.8
Wordpress1 product
  • pagelayer≤ 1.9.8 (fixed in 1.9.9)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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