PT-2025-42694 · WordPress · Essential Blocks For Gutenberg

Rafshanzani Suhada · Published 2025-10-18 · Updated 2025-10-18 · CVE-2025-11270

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gutenberg Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress versions prior to 5.7.2

Description The Gutenberg Essential Blocks plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting. This is due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'titleTag' attribute. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will then execute when a user accesses the compromised page.

Recommendations Update the Gutenberg Essential Blocks plugin to version 5.7.2 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-11270

Affected Products

Essential Blocks For Gutenberg

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11270 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1979473880382103572 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aace327b-7091-48e2-9e02-ec48a08b129b?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/35263 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3376903/essential-blocks/trunk/views/woocommerce/title.php · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/139327 · Telegram Post