Gutenberg Blocks Plugin Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
CVE-2024-2509

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Gutenberg Blocks By Kadence Blocks
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 April 2024

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.2.26 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected Version(s)

Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks 0 < 3.2.26

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-2509 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dec4a632-e04b-4fdd-86e4-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2024-2509/

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
.