First published: Fri Apr 19 2024(Updated: )
The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's "Social Icons" block in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Credit: security@wordfence.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Essential Blocks | <4.5.10 | |
Essential Blocks for Gutenberg | <=4.5.9 |
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CVE-2024-3818 is classified as a critical vulnerability due to its potential for Stored Cross-Site Scripting, which can allow attackers to execute malicious scripts.
To fix CVE-2024-3818, update the Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress to version 4.5.10 or later.
CVE-2024-3818 affects all versions of the Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress up to and including version 4.5.9.
CVE-2024-3818 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
The vendor for the Essential Blocks plugin associated with CVE-2024-3818 is WPDeveloper.