# CVE-2023-2086: Essential Blocks <= 4.0.6 - Missing Authorization via template_count

> Subscribers can access plugin template information due to missing capability checks in the Essential Blocks WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xwcf-mprh-wpvw

## What is CVE-2023-2086?

CVE-2023-2086 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized use of functionality due to a missing capability check on the template_count function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.6. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to obtain plugin template information. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed when a nonce is provided. Not providing a nonce results in the nonce verification to be skipped. There is no capability check.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2086?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpdeveloper Essential Blocks.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2086?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2086 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2086 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns

- [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-2022-47594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47594/): WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin <= 3.8.5 - Broken Access Control (medium 6.5)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2086 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2086 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns. 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-2023-2086/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2086/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2086
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2086
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2086

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.