WPBakery Page Builder Security Update

[chris]

WPBakery Page Builder has an XSS vulnerability. I don't use this plugin and there are lot of these types of updates, but this one in particular has over 4 million active installs and I have started to see a lot of sites with this vulnerability.

One complication is the naming of this plugin and confusion with Visual Composer, in short WPBakery Page Builder is a paid plugin.

Visual Composer vs WPBakery Page Builder

What is the difference between WPBakery and Visual Composer? Visual Composer is a next-generation React-based website builder.

visualcomposer.com

And it also needs a licence code so some sites can't be updates unless you have this. If in doubt, update!