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CVE-2024-2794 — Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit [block-options] < 1.40.5

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2024-2794 Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit [block-options] < 1.40.5 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 6.4 < 1.40.5 1.40.5 2024-03-29

CVE-2024-2794

The EditorsKit plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting versions 1.40.4 and earlier through its 'editorskit' shortcode, which fails to properly sanitize and escape user-supplied attribute values. Attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher can exploit this flaw to embed malicious scripts into pages that execute for any visitor viewing the affected content. The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.40.5 and later.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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