# CVE-2024-4260: CoBlocks < 3.1.12 - Contributor+ SSRF

> Contributors can perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks via shortcodes in the CoBlocks WordPress plugin, allowing access to internal resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5pqp-q4fm-4p4h

## What is CVE-2024-4260?

CVE-2024-4260 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks , published on 23 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks  WordPress plugin before 3.1.12 does not prevent users from pinging arbitrary hosts via some of its shortcodes, which could allow high privilege users such as contributors to perform SSRF attacks.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4260?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Godaddy Coblocks.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4260 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4260 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks 

- [CVE-2024-1049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1049/): Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks <= 3.1.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2369/): Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks < 3.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-7132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7132/): CoBlocks < 3.1.13 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4260 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4260 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks , published on 23 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4260 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks . 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-2024-4260/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4260/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4260
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4260
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4260

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4260/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.