WordPress plugin
EditorsKit <= 1.31.5 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Code Injection
CVE-2021-24546Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.31.5Update to 1.31.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit block-options
- Affected≤ 1.31.5
- Patched in1.31.6
Update to 1.31.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.31.5. Version 1.31.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.31.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to bl4derunner.
The Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit WordPress plugin before 1.31.6 does not sanitise and validate the Conditional Logic of the Custom Visibility settings, allowing users with a role as low contributor to execute Arbitrary PHP code
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.40.4Update to 1.40.5 | CVE-2024-2794 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤1.40.3Update to 1.40.4 | CVE-2023-6635 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ≤1.9.2No patch available | CVE-2023-33999 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.40.4Update to 1.40.5
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload
≤1.40.3Update to 1.40.4
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
≤1.9.2No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.