CVE-2025-11369 Essential Blocks <= 5.7.2 - Missing Authorization To Authenticated (Author+) Information Disclosure
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can view sensitive API keys due to missing capability checks in the Essential Blocks WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11369?
CVE-2025-11369 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpdevteam Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing or incorrect capability checks on the get_instagram_access_token_callback, google_map_api_key_save_callback and get_siteinfo functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to view API keys configured for the external services.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11369?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11369?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11369 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11369 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11369 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c4h7-r924-5jg8.