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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/api/class-layouts-remote.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/layouts-for-wpbakery/trunk/includes/class-layout-importer.php#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3543686%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk&old=3543685%40layouts-for-wpbakery%2Ftrunk
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/layouts-for-wpbakery/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2beaf82f-3709-48de-bcc2-535479c4fafe?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.