CVE-2024-47385 WordPress Essential Blocks plugin <= 4.8.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-47385?

CVE-2024-47385 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg, published on 5 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg essential-blocks allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Essential Blocks for Gutenberg: from n/a through <= 4.8.4.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47385?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpdeveloper Essential Blocks.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47385 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-2024-47385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in WPDeveloper Essential Blocks for Gutenberg

• CVE-2023-6623 Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-4386 Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via queries High 8.1
• CVE-2023-4402 Essential Blocks <= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products High 8.1
• CVE-2022-47594 WordPress Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin <= 3.8.5 - Broken Access Control Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-51360 WordPress Essential Blocks plugin <= 4.2.0 - Multiple Subscriber+ Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-79vg-j356-mm2x.