CVE-2023-7071
published 2024-01-11CVE-2023-7071: The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Table of…
PriorityP423medium5.4CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
0.41%
32.6th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpdeveloper | essential_blocks | <= 4.4.6 | — |
| wpdevteam | gutenberg_essential_blocks_page_builder_for_gutenberg_blocks_patterns | <= 4.4.6 | — |
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VulDB
Essential Blocks Plugin up to 4.4.6 on WordPress cross site scripting (ID 3018547)
vuldb·2026-04-11·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2023-7071 [MEDIUM] Essential Blocks Plugin up to 4.4.6 on WordPress cross site scripting (ID 3018547)
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Essential Blocks Plugin up to 4.4.6 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting.
This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-7071. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.
GHSA
GHSA-mf5p-qrv5-p33r: The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the T
ghsa_unreviewed·2024-01-11
CVE-2023-7071 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-mf5p-qrv5-p33r: The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the T
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/trunk/blocks/TableOfContents.php#L138https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018547/essential-blocks/tags/4.4.7/blocks/TableOfContents.phphttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f969cb24-734f-46e5-a74d-fddf8e61e096?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/trunk/blocks/TableOfContents.php#L138https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018547/essential-blocks/tags/4.4.7/blocks/TableOfContents.phphttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f969cb24-734f-46e5-a74d-fddf8e61e096?source=cve
2024-01-11
Published