CVE-2025-12782
📋 TL;DR
The Beaver Builder WordPress plugin has an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to disable Beaver Builder layouts on any posts or pages. This can disrupt website content and layouts, affecting all WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder
📦 What is this software?
Beaver Builder by Fastlinemedia
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Malicious contributors could systematically disable Beaver Builder layouts across all website content, causing widespread content disruption and requiring manual restoration of each affected page.
Likely Case
Disgruntled or compromised contributor accounts disable Beaver Builder layouts on key pages, causing temporary content display issues until layouts are manually re-enabled.
If Mitigated
With proper user access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to minor content disruption that can be quickly detected and corrected.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple once authenticated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.9.5 and later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3406987/beaver-builder-lite-version
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Beaver Builder plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 2.9.5+ from WordPress plugin repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary User Access Restriction
allTemporarily restrict contributor-level users from accessing WordPress admin or downgrade their permissions until patch is applied.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately review and restrict contributor-level user accounts to only trusted individuals.
- Implement monitoring for unauthorized layout changes and establish rollback procedures for affected pages.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → Beaver Builder version. If version is 2.9.4 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=beaver-builder --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify Beaver Builder plugin version shows 2.9.5 or higher in WordPress admin plugins list.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- WordPress audit logs showing contributor users accessing post/page edit functions
- Beaver Builder logs showing layout disable actions from non-admin users
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to Beaver Builder disable function endpoints from non-admin user sessions
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" action="disable_layout" user_role="contributor" OR user_role="author" OR user_role="editor"