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CVE-2024-4481: Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP <= 3.2.36 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block Link

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'link' attribute of the plugin's blocks in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.36 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Affected products

• stellarwp Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor: before 3.2.37 — fixed in 3.2.37

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 3.2.37. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3083616/kadence-blocks/trunk/includes/blocks/class-kadence-blocks-advanced-heading-block.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad0e4292-d890-499b-b70a-ed638d5b8ee9?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3083616/kadence-blocks/trunk/includes/blocks/class-kadence-blocks-advanced-heading-block.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad0e4292-d890-499b-b70a-ed638d5b8ee9?source=cve

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