Now officially on WordPress.org

CVE Database / CVE-2023-47760

CVE · Medium

CVE-2023-47760 — Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns [essential-blocks] < 4.2.1

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2023-47760 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns [essential-blocks] < 4.2.1 Missing Authorization Medium 4.3 < 4.2.1 4.2.1 2023-11-13 —

CVE-2023-47760

The Essential Blocks plugin for Gutenberg contained a broken access control flaw that allowed unauthenticated or low-privileged users to perform actions restricted to higher-privilege accounts due to missing authorization and nonce validation checks. This vulnerability, discovered by Abdi Pranata, was present in versions prior to 4.2.1 and has been remedied in that release and later versions.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

Scan your WordPress site free

No signup, no credit card — enter your URL and get a security report in seconds.

Run a free scan Get the plugin (free)

See the full security page for this plugin Browse the CVE database Browse all security findings