CVE-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 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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/trunk/blocks/TableOfContents.php#L138	Issue Tracking
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018547/essential-blocks/tags/4.4.7/blocks/TableOfContents.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f969cb24-734f-46e5-a74d-fddf8e61e096?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-01-11 09:15

Updated : 2024-01-18 17:36

NVD link : CVE-2023-7071

Mitre link : CVE-2023-7071

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-7071

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wpdeveloper

essential_blocks

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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