CVE-2023-6623 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Essential Blocks WordPress plugin before 4.4.3 does not prevent unauthenticated attackers from overwriting local variables when rendering templates over the REST API, which may lead to Local File Inclusion attacks.

Published: 2024-01-15

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 88.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Essential Blocks

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.4.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.88125.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/blog/file-inclusion-vulnerability-fixed-in-essential-blocks-4-4-3/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/633c28e0-0c9e-4e68-9424-55c32789b41f

History

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpdeveloper Essential Blocks

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-15T15:10:40.328Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T16:37:55.499Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T14:24:56.244Z

Link: CVE-2023-6623

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.900Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-15T16:15:12.573

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:39.603

Link: CVE-2023-6623

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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