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CVE-2026-96256

MEDIUM 6.4

Gutenberg Essential Blocks <= 6.4.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'marker' Attribute

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Map block's 'marker' attribute in versions up to, and including, 6.4.5 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on marker title/content values, which are stored as JSON and then decoded and concatenated directly into raw HTML by the frontend script's InfoWindow content builder. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor wpdevteam
Product gutenberg essential blocks – page builder for gutenberg blocks & patterns
Published Oct 1, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wpdevteam / Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns
0 ≤ 6.4.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/606f25d9-f8c7-416a-8bb8-0cc57901ff5a?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/6.4.5/assets/blocks/google-map/frontend.js#L1 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/6.4.5/includes/Blocks/GoogleMap.php#L82 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/6.4.5/src/blocks/google-map/src/save.js#L35 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/6.3.0/assets/blocks/google-map/frontend.js#L1 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/6.3.0/includes/Blocks/GoogleMap.php#L82 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-blocks/tags/6.3.0/src/blocks/google-map/src/save.js#L35 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3715353%40essential-blocks%2Ftags%2F6.4.6&old=3706819%40essential-blocks%2Ftags%2F6.4.5 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3715353/essential-blocks/trunk/assets/blocks/google-map/frontend.js

Credits

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