CVE · Medium

CVE-2023-51360 — Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns [essential-blocks] < 4.2.1

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2023-51360 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns [essential-blocks] < 4.2.1 Missing Authorization Medium 6.5 < 4.2.1 4.2.1 2024-12-09

CVE-2023-51360

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress contained a broken access control flaw in versions before 4.2.1 that allowed unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to perform actions normally restricted to higher-privileged roles due to missing authorization checks and nonce verification. The vulnerability was discovered by Rafie Muhammad and reported through Patchstack. Users should upgrade to version 4.2.1 or later to remediate this issue.

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.