CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-7726

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Layouts for WPBakery plugin for WordPress up to version 1.1.3 is vulnerable to unauthorized actions due to a missing capability check in the `Layouts_WPB_Remote::template_sync()` function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to force the server to make outbound HTTP requests and write responses into the `wp_options` table without any restrictions.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential server overload (DoS) through forced outbound requests and database pollution with `wp_options` entries, which may lead to plugin or site malfunction.

Recommendation

Immediately update the plugin to the latest patched version. If not possible, temporarily disable the plugin or apply WAF rules to block requests to `admin-ajax.php` with the `handle_sync` action.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS