Description
The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tagName’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2024-05-18
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-2024-44459 The Essential Blocks – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tagName’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpdeveloper
Wpdeveloper essential Blocks
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_blocks:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpdeveloper
Wpdeveloper essential Blocks

Subscriptions

Wpdeveloper Essential Blocks
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:29:02.467Z

Reserved: 2024-05-15T00:10:22.944Z

Link: CVE-2024-4891

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:10.248Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-18T05:15:46.917

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:21:46.137

Link: CVE-2024-4891

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Weaknesses