# CVE-2024-7132: CoBlocks < 3.1.13 - Editor+ Stored XSS

> Editors can inject malicious scripts via post embeds in the CoBlocks WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65w4-w734-528c

## What is CVE-2024-7132?

CVE-2024-7132 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, published on 29 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks  WordPress plugin before 3.1.13 does not escape the content of post embed via one of its block, which could allow users with the capability to publish posts (editor and admin by default) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7132?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Godaddy Coblocks.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7132?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7132 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7132 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7132 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks

- [CVE-2024-4260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4260/): CoBlocks < 3.1.12 - Contributor+ SSRF (medium 6.5)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7132 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7132 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, published on 29 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7132 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-2024-7132/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7132/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7132
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7132
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7132

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7132/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.