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Input validation vulnerability in Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates 5.3.1

  • Severity: medium-risk
  • Status: Fixed
  • Publication: March 7, 2025

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress, which helps you design your website, has a security issue that could allow hackers to inject harmful code into your website. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 5.3.1 and can be used by attackers who have Contributor-level access or higher. This means that they can insert a type of code called “web scripts” into your pages, which will run whenever someone visits those pages.

Detected in:

Essential Blocks – AI-Powered Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates fixed vulnerable versions:
Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates fixed vulnerable versions: >= * <= 5.3.1
Essential Blocks for Gutenberg – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns fixed vulnerable versions:
Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns fixed vulnerable versions:

This information is sourced from www.wpvulnerability.com. An open-source database of vulnerabilities maintained by the community. Help us out by submitting vulnerabilities!

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= including 2.2.8 & 2.2.21
< to 2.2.21

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