bBlocks – Essential Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns Collection <= 2.0.31 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-39579Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.0.31Update to 2.0.32 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
On this page8
Am I affected?
bBlocks – Essential Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns Collection b-blocks
- Affected≤ 2.0.31
- Patched in2.0.32
Update to 2.0.32 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.31. Version 2.0.32 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under bBlocks – Essential Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns Collection.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.0.32, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch bBlocks – Essential Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns Collection to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT).
The bBlocks – Essential Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns Collection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.31. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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
More in bBlocks – Essential Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns Collection
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.1.15Update to 2.1.16 | CVE-2026-125451 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.1.8Update to 2.1.9 | CVE-2026-104400 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ≤5.5.8Update to 5.5.9 | CVE-2024-13362 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization <2.0.30Update to 2.0.30 | CVE-2026-32489 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.0.5Update to 2.0.6 | CVE-2025-54708 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.1.15Update to 2.1.16
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.1.8Update to 2.1.9
- Medium6.1Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
≤5.5.8Update to 5.5.9
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
<2.0.30Update to 2.0.30
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.0.5Update to 2.0.6
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.
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