Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 4.8.3 - Missing Authorization

2025-02-22 00:00
Rafie Muhammad

Vulnerability Overview

The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.8.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

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