Vulnerability Report
Plugin Medium Patch path listed CVE-2022-47594

Essential Blocks for Gutenberg <= 3.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

The Essential Blocks for Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to incorrectly defined capability checks throughout the 'EB_Openverse_Ajax' class in versions up to, and including, 3.8.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register Openverse clients, upload images, and perform other Openverse actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.  

Quick Answer

CVE-2022-47594 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.3 Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns. It affects Versions up to 3.8.5 and is fixed in 3.8.6.

Published
Jan 20, 2023
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
Slug
essential-blocks
Operational Summary

What the operator needs to know

Patch Status
Patched release is available
Remediation
Update to version 3.8.6, or a newer patched version
Operator Briefing

CVE-2022-47594 is tracked for the Plugin Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns as medium severity with CVSS 4.3. The affected range is Versions up to 3.8.5. Update Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns to 3.8.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.

Issue Type
Authorization Bypass
Primary Fixed Version
3.8.6
Primary Affected Range
Versions up to 3.8.5
Tracking ID
CVE-2022-47594
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
essential-blocks View on wordpress.org
CVE CVE-2022-47594
Patched Versions
3.8.6
Affected Versions
Versions up to 3.8.5
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