# Visual Composer Website Builder

> Drag and drop page builder that gives the freedom to design WordPress websites, landing pages, custom themes, maintenance mode & coming soon pages.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:30 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `visualcomposer`
- Author: Visual Composer
- Version: 45.16.4
- Active installs: 30,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-07 (37 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.5, PHP 7.4
- Tags: drag and drop website builder, landing page builder, page builder, popup builder, theme builder
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcomposer/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 37 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Locked in ↔ Portable, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Steep ↔ Easy, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-08 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 45.16.3). CVE-2026-106596, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ac09de3-4393-4f56-9240-bf2fdaa6f762?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.16.2). CVE-2026-97262, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d9ac056-860b-4b5a-849a-004deab5aeb3?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-24 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via 'vcv-template' Parameter (up to 45.16.0). CVE-2026-12227, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/486c1c7c-5a66-42d3-85b0-13ce52a16ed1?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-11 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.16.1). CVE-2026-62138, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/949d61d9-641e-4e66-a3de-8408632b8c77?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-27 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 45.15.0). CVE-2026-65568, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3681a51f-89a3-4d6a-a292-25e3f0c4b546?source=api-prod
- 2025-08-14 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.13.0). CVE-2025-55709, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f8570c5-1e4d-4df9-bd91-ccdf8e72afbc?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-19 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.11.0). CVE-2025-48276, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2d4a2ef-ea4a-456f-a8d1-600f51505ad7?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.10.0). CVE-2025-46254, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ece53a2-cbad-4ff8-baad-0e4ec14ecbee?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-03 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.8.0). CVE-2024-35653, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/856e27ea-fec2-4805-bc66-f20b83b9610c?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.6.0). CVE-2024-27997, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3042586-dd23-487f-a79c-7ad5b5e38677?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 45.6.0). CVE-2023-6880, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/622b9b46-774d-4251-9a79-73e5b398de57?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Title' (up to 45.0). CVE-2022-2516, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26c7be89-a83d-4912-aef5-4cc046b5d768?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Text Block' (up to 45.0). CVE-2022-2430, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38dd95b2-d747-44f3-a3f5-d32221381554?source=api-prod
- 2020-05-18 MEDIUM: Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (up to 26.0). CVE-2020-36722, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c476d9af-9060-4294-874a-86e550253d3b?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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