Unauthorized Access in Essential Blocks Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2086

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2023

Summary

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to exploit a missing capability check in the template_count function. This issue is present in versions up to and including 4.0.6. Although there is a nonce check in place, it is ineffective if a nonce is not supplied, allowing attacker access to sensitive plugin template information without proper verification.

Affected Version(s)

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates * <= 4.0.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-bloc...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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