CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-2087
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Description
The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected configurations
• wpdeveloper essential blocks (<= 4.0.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/4.0.6/includes/Admin/Admin.php Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2900595%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&old=2900029%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file2 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d38d41c7-8786-4145-9591-3e24eff3b79c?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/4.0.6/includes/Admin/Admin.php Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2900595%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&old=2900029%40essential-blocks%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file2 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d38d41c7-8786-4145-9591-3e24eff3b79c?source=cve Third Party Advisory