Bricks 1.2 — 1.5.3 - Remote Code Execution
CVE-2022-3401Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 1.2 – 1.5.3Update to 1.5.4 or newer
All remediation stepsOn this page3
Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2022-3401
- Product
- Bricks bricks
- Affected
- 1.2 – 1.5.3
- Fixed in
- 1.5.4
- Required access
- Low-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)
- Published
- · updated
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected1.2 – 1.5.3
- Patched in1.5.4
Update to 1.5.4 or newer.
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
The Bricks theme for WordPress is vulnerable to remote code execution due to the theme allowing site editors to include executable code blocks in website content in versions 1.2 to 1.5.3. This, combined with the missing authorization vulnerability (CVE-2022-3400), makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, can edit any page, post, or template on the vulnerable WordPress website and inject a code execution block that can be used to achieve remote code execution.
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Remediation & mitigations
- Update to version 1.5.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
- 6.1CVE-2026-41554Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- 4.3CVE-2026-40723Missing Authorization
- 7.5CVE-2025-6495Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `p` Parameter
- 7.1CVE-2024-2297Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via create_autosave
- 5.4CVE-2023-3410Authenticated (Bricks Page Builder Access+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
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