The MaxiBlocks: 2300+ Patterns, 280+ Pages, 14.3K Icons & 100 Styles plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
CVE-2025-47601 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin MaxiBlocks Builder | 17,000+ Design Assets, Patterns, Icons & Starter Sites. It affects Versions up to 2.1.0 and is fixed in 2.1.1.
CVE-2025-47601 is tracked for the Plugin MaxiBlocks Builder | 17,000+ Design Assets, Patterns, Icons & Starter Sites as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 2.1.0. Update MaxiBlocks Builder | 17,000+ Design Assets, Patterns, Icons & Starter Sites to 2.1.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
maxi-blocks
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-47601 |
| Patched Versions |
2.1.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.1.0
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