Where
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0
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 4.2.0 via deserialization of untrusted input in the getproducts function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through 4.4.9.

Remedy

Update to 4.4.10 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 4.2.0.

Remedy

Update the WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.1).
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 4.2.0.

Remedy

Update the WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.1).
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 4.2.0.

Remedy

Update the WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.1).
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
EPSS
0.03%
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 4.8.3.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 4.2.0 via deserialization of untrusted input in the getposts function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
EPSS
0.04%
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through 4.5.3.

Remedy

Update to 4.5.4 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 4.8.4.

Remedy

Update to 4.9.0 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 3.8.5.

Remedy

Update the WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin to the latest available version (at least 3.8.6).
First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
EPSS
0.05%
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Table of Contents block in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
Input Validation, XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the blockId parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's widgets in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as listStyle. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
EPSS
0.05%
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tagName’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Parallax slider in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
EPSS
0.04%
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the maker title value of the Google Maps block in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfilteredhtml has been disabled.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the get function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain plugin settings. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed when a nonce is provided. Not providing a nonce results in the nonce verification to be skipped. There is no capability check.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the templatecount function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain plugin template information. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed when a nonce is provided. Not providing a nonce results in the nonce verification to be skipped. There is no capability check.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CSRF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the templates function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain plugin template information. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed when a nonce is provided. Not providing a nonce results in the nonce verification to be skipped. There is no capability check.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the save function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to save plugin settings. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed when a nonce is provided. Not providing a nonce results in the nonce verification to be skipped. There is no capability check.

First published (updated )

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