# CVE-2022-47594: WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin <= 3.8.5 - Broken Access Control

> Attackers can bypass access controls in the Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hqrx-gcpg-fwj7

## What is CVE-2022-47594?

CVE-2022-47594 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg, published on 13 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through 3.8.5.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47594?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpdeveloper Essential Blocks.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-47594?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-47594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-47594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg

- [CVE-2023-6623](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6623/): Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-4386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4386/): Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via queries (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-4402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4402/): Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-51360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51360/): WordPress Essential Blocks plugin <= 4.2.0 - Multiple Subscriber+ Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-47385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47385/): WordPress Essential Blocks plugin <= 4.8.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-47594 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-47594 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg, published on 13 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47594/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47594/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47594
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47594
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-47594

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47594/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.