CVE-2024-3818

Summary

CVE-2024-3818 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Essential Blocks – Page Builder plugin for WordPress. The issue lies in the "Social Icons" block, which fails to properly sanitize and escape user-supplied attributes. This flaw allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a significant security risk. Versions of the plugin up to, and including, 4.5.9 are vulnerable.

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