CVE-2026-17090
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Beaver Builder Page Builder plugin for WordPress up to version 2.10.2.2 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the Button Code setting in the Button Module. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with author-level access to inject arbitrary scripts that execute when a user accesses an injected page.
Risk Assessment
An attacker with author privileges can inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or content modification.
Recommendation
Update the Beaver Builder plugin to the latest patched version. Restrict author-level access to trusted users only.
Other vulnerabilities in Beaver Builder Page Builder
See all- CVE-2026-92084Critical
The Beaver Builder Page Builder plugin for WordPress up to version 2.11.0.5 is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution. This is due to insufficient validation before running do_shortcode, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Exploitation requires a page with the Sidebar module containing a widget that displays attacker-controlled text, such as the Recent Comments widget with approved comments.
- CVE-2026-2481Medium
The Beaver Builder Page Builder plugin for WordPress up to version 2.10.1.1 has a stored XSS vulnerability via the 'settings[js]' parameter. Authenticated attackers with author-level access can inject arbitrary scripts that execute when a page is visited.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Module 'button' (Button Code) Setting in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Beaver Builder grants editor access to any WordPress role holding the edit_posts capability by default, meaning Author-level users and above can exploit this vulnerability.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS