CVE-2024-12045

Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 5.0.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Jan 8, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-50555 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpdeveloper
Wpdeveloper essential Blocks
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_blocks:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpdeveloper
Wpdeveloper essential Blocks
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates <= 5.0.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
May 20, 2026, 2:27 PM
Reserved
Dec 2, 2024, 6:07 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 8, 2025, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:58 AM