CVE-2024-5709

WPBakery <= 7.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Local File Inclusion

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 6, 2024 at 05:31 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorPage BuilderWPBakery Page Builder

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The WPBakery Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 via the 'layout_name' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, and with post permissions granted by an Administrator, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Page Builder· Wpbakerywordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 7.7v < 7.8
Affected range stops below 7.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 7.7

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-22NVD-CWE-noinfo

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