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CVE-2022-47594 — Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns [essential-blocks] < 3.8.6

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2022-47594 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns [essential-blocks] < 3.8.6 Missing Authorization Medium 6.5 < 3.8.6 3.8.6 2023-01-20

CVE-2022-47594

The Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin contained improper capability verification in the EB_Openverse_Ajax class through version 3.8.5, allowing unauthenticated users to bypass authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, enabling the attacker to register Openverse clients, upload images, and execute other Openverse operations. The flaw was patched in version 3.8.6.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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