CVE-2024-12581 Kadence Blocks <= 3.2.53 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts into pages via admin settings, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12581?
CVE-2024-12581 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in stellarwp Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor, published on 13 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.53 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12581?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kadencewp Gutenberg Blocks With Ai.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12581?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-12581 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12581 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in stellarwp Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor
- CVE-2023-6964 Server-side request forgery in Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor
- CVE-2024-23500 WordPress Kadence Blocks plugin <= 3.2.19 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-2509 Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks < 3.2.26 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2025-5678 Cross-site scripting in Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor
- CVE-2024-12304 Cross-site scripting in Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhf9-wh2j-ccvq.