Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Essential Blocks for WordPress
CVE-2025-4682
6.4MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 27 May 2025
What is CVE-2025-4682?
The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in Slider and Post Carousel widgets. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with Contributor-level permissions or higher to embed arbitrary JavaScript in the content, leading to potential exploitation when the affected page is accessed by unsuspecting users.
Affected Version(s)
Essential Blocks – AI-Powered Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates * <= 5.4.0