Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE affects the WordPress Premium Blocks Gutenberg plugin through version 2.1.27. A logged-in user could inject script into generated pages, but another user must interact with affected content. Business impact is usually site trust, content integrity, and possible user-session risk rather than server takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority web content risk. Prioritize externally facing WordPress sites, sites with many contributors, and sites handling authenticated user sessions or customer trust-sensitive content.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-79 cross-site scripting from improper input neutralization during page generation in Leap13 premium-blocks-for-gutenberg. CVSS 3.1 is 6.5 with network access, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running Premium Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress versions up to 2.1.27. Risk is higher where untrusted or lightly trusted users can edit posts, pages, or blocks.
Exploitation context
The supplied sources do not report active exploitation, and KEV is false. The CVSS vector indicates exploitation requires a low-privileged authenticated actor and user interaction, consistent with a stored or rendered XSS scenario.
Researcher notes
The bundle names versions through 2.1.27, but the affected object also shows an imprecise version value. No patch version, exploit proof, or detailed vulnerable parameter is provided, so validation should focus on asset presence, role exposure, and vendor guidance.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for premium-blocks-for-gutenberg versions up to 2.1.27.
- Check Leap13 or Patchstack guidance for a fixed version or official workaround.
- Restrict block and content editing access to trusted users until remediated.
- Disable or remove the plugin if unused or unsupported.
- Review affected content for unexpected scripts or suspicious block markup.
Validation and detection
- Confirm the plugin slug and exact installed version across WordPress assets.
- Identify users and roles able to create or edit affected Gutenberg blocks.
- Review content change history for suspicious edits to pages or posts.
- Recheck plugin status against vendor or Patchstack guidance after remediation.
- Confirm suspicious content removal is reflected in published and cached pages.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L2.33.7PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/premium-blocks-for-gutenberg/vulnerability/wordpress-premium-blocks-gutenberg-blocks-for-wordpress-plugin-2-1-27-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cveCVE reference, Patchstack · vdb-entry
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/premium-blocks-for-gutenberg/wordpress-premium-blocks-gutenberg-blocks-for-wordpress-plugin-2-1-27-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cveCVE reference, CVE · vdb-entry, x_transferred
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.