Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Essential Blocks for WordPress
CVE-2025-1664

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 March 2025

Summary

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor access or higher to execute arbitrary web scripts through the Parallax slider feature. This occurs due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, creating opportunities for injected scripts to run whenever a page containing the vulnerable block is accessed. It is crucial for users to update to version 5.3.2 or later to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates * <= 5.3.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3250957/esse...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Craig Smith
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