Description
The VK Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vk-blocks/ancestor-page-list' block in all versions up to, and including, 1.63.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2023-11-22
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57993 The VK Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vk-blocks/ancestor-page-list' block in all versions up to, and including, 1.63.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title VK Blocks <= 1.63.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Subscriptions

Vektor-inc Vk Blocks
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:33:31.403Z

Reserved: 2023-10-22T17:38:58.560Z

Link: CVE-2023-5706

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.543Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-22T16:15:14.167

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:17:10.177

Link: CVE-2023-5706

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses