CVE-2024-12045
MEDIUMEssential Blocks < 5.0.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Maps Block Marker Title
Title source: llmDescription
The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the maker title value of the Google Maps block in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
14.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
wpdeveloper/essential_blocks
< 5.0.9
wpdevteam/Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns
< 5.1.0
Published
Jan 08, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026